Toni (1934)
Toni (1934)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 8000 kbps | 6.3Gb
Audio: French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
01:21:00 | France | Drama
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 8000 kbps | 6.3Gb
Audio: French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
01:21:00 | France | Drama
In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in the agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman.
Toni (1934)
Even a well-ordered existence is not immune from boredom, friendship, love, or enmity, and Toni gets entangled in a web of increasingly passionate relationships. For there is his best pal Fernand, but also Albert, his overbearing foreman; there is Sebastian, a steady Spanish peasant, but also Gabi, his young rogue relative; there is Marie, but there is also Josefa.
~ Eduardo Casais
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Charles Blavette, Celia Montalvan, Edouard Delmont, Max Dalban, Jenny Helia, Michel Kovachevitch, Andrex, Paul Bozzi
Toni (1934)
Toni (1934)
IMDb
Although made by Marcel Pagnol's film company back in the 1930s, Renoir's depiction of life among the working classes in the south of France is initially closer to the modernity of Robert Guediguian (Marius et Jeanette) than the poetically pastoral qualities of Pagnol's bucolic idylls (La Trilogie Marseillaise, Manon des Sources). From the opening scenes, Renoir shows the south of France as a melting pot, and a potentially explosive one, attracting labourers from Italy, Spain and further abroad, all seeking to make a home for themselves wherever they can find work.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Full-length audio commentary by friends and fellow critics Kent Jones (editor-at-large of Film Comment) and Philip Lopate (editor of the anthology American Movie Critics)
- A video appreciation of the film by Geoff Andrew (head of film programme at the National Film Theatre, London)
- New and improved optional English subtitles
Toni (1934)
Toni (1934)
Toni (1934)
