Fanny (1961)

Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves. And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves, and letting him live the life he seems to want.

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Top billed cast

Leslie CaronFanny
Maurice ChevalierPanisse
Charles BoyerCesar
Horst BuchholzMarius
Georgette AnysHonorine (Fanny's Mother)
Salvatore BaccaloniEscartifique (Ferryboat Captain)
Lionel JeffriesMonsieur Brun
Raymond BussièresThe Admiral
Joël FlateauCesario (Fanny's Son)
Victor FrancenPanisse's older brother

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