César (1936)

• 83%
• 1936
• Drama
• Komödie
• Raimu
• Orane Demazis
• Pierre Fresnay

Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends; he insists that the doctor be truthful. But he cannot bring himself to tell his seine Cesariot that his real father is Marius, the absent son of Caesar, Cesariot's godfather. Panisse leaves that to Fanny, the lad' ' s mother. Dissembling that he ' s off to see a friend, Cesariot then seeks Marius, now a mechanic in Toulon. Posing as a journalist, Cesariot spends time with Marius and leaves believing tales he is a petty thief. Only after the truth comes out can Marius, Fanny, César, and Cesariot step beyond the falsehoods, benign though they may be.