A Provencal landscape, passers-by in Sunday clothes and a young boy immersed in a book. This is the Doodle that Google offers this Friday, to pay tribute to Marcel Pagnol, born 125 years ago. On its page devoted to doodles, the web giant explains its desire to celebrate "one of the greatest figures in the history of French cinema".
Born in Aubagne, near Marseille, on February 28, 1895, Marcel Pagnol rose to fame thanks to his autobiographical novels, La Gloire de mon père , Le château de ma mère , and Le temps des secrets . One also counts in his major works the trilogy Marius , Fanny and César .
"All the history books in the world have never been anything but propaganda books in the service of governments." Marcel #Pagnol ... who was born 125 years ago. pic.twitter.com/55wnxJfvdW
- Eugène F.-X. Gherardi (@GeniuGherardi) February 28, 2020His stories adapted on the big screen
For several years he led a double career as a playwright and a teacher, his father's profession. But following the success of the adaptation of his play Topaze , Marcel Pagnol decides to devote himself solely to writing and creates his own production company. His greatest successes will be adapted on the big screen.
Elected to the French Academy in 1946, he died in Paris in 1974, at the age of 79. "With his evocative and realistic style, Pagnol painted a sincere and comic portrait of daily French life, thereby influencing generations of filmmakers," said Google.
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