Nais (1945)
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Marcel Pagnol adapted the screenplay of Nais from a novel by Emile Zola. The usually mirth-provoking Fernandel plays it relatively straight as a hunchbacked itinerant worker. He loves Jacqueline Pagnol from afar, but is prevented by his handicap from expressing his ardor. Thus he vicariously… More Marcel Pagnol adapted the screenplay of Nais from a novel by Emile Zola. The usually mirth-provoking Fernandel plays it relatively straight as a hunchbacked itinerant worker. He loves Jacqueline Pagnol from afar, but is prevented by his handicap from expressing his ardor. Thus he vicariously romances Pagnol by smoothing the path of her relationship with a handsome villager. At the risk of sounding flippant: Nais is nice. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Raymond Leboursier, Marcel Pagnol
- Written By
- Marcel Pagnol, Émile Zola
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
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Cast
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Fernandel
as Toine
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Jacqueline Bouvier
as Nais Micoulin
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Raymond Pellegrin
as Frederic
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Henri Poupon
as Micoulin
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Arius
as Maitre Rostaing
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Germaine Kerjean
as Madame Rostaing
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Charles Blavette
as Honore
- Jacqueline Pagnol
- Henri Arius