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Two months after Marius leaves without news, Fanny discovers she is pregnant by him. Panisse, who had asked her to marry him, accepts her and the child; when Marius later returns wanting them back, Fanny’s arguments and the family’s love lead him to return to sea.
In Marseille, café worker Marius dreams of going to sea, putting his growing romance with his childhood friend Fanny at risk.
At Marseille’s Old Port, Marius works in his father’s bar but dreams of becoming a sailor. When Fanny, his childhood sweetheart, becomes pregnant, their families urge them to marry; she encourages Marius to go to sea, and he leaves. Fanny marries the older Honoré Panisse, who raises her son as his own. Marius returns and tries to win Fanny back, but she remains Panisse’s wife.
Topaze, an honest boarding-school teacher, is fired after refusing to falsify a wealthy student’s grades. His private pupil’s aunt, Suzy, draws him into the shady business of her lover, municipal counsellor Castel-Bénac, first using him as a frontman and then watching him become a confident businessman who launches his own ventures.
Two months after Marius leaves without news, Fanny discovers she is pregnant by him. Panisse, who had asked her to marry him, accepts her and the child; when Marius later returns wanting them back, Fanny’s arguments and the family’s love lead him to return to sea.
In Marseille, café worker Marius dreams of going to sea, putting his growing romance with his childhood friend Fanny at risk.
At Marseille’s Old Port, Marius works in his father’s bar but dreams of becoming a sailor. When Fanny, his childhood sweetheart, becomes pregnant, their families urge them to marry; she encourages Marius to go to sea, and he leaves. Fanny marries the older Honoré Panisse, who raises her son as his own. Marius returns and tries to win Fanny back, but she remains Panisse’s wife.
Topaze, an honest boarding-school teacher, is fired after refusing to falsify a wealthy student’s grades. His private pupil’s aunt, Suzy, draws him into the shady business of her lover, municipal counsellor Castel-Bénac, first using him as a frontman and then watching him become a confident businessman who launches his own ventures.