A grand life (Marcel and Mr. Pagnol), a biography of French playwright Marcel Pagnol, the legalist, apparently represents a love for writer-director Sylvain Chomet. His first animation feature since 2010 Hallucinatoryit has a gorgeous style, first of all the award-winning 2003 Triplets Belleville. If its storytelling proves more basic, it is closely related to the genre's style formula, then plenty of visual fun will prove their own reward. The film premiered in Cannes and should be viewed in France, its home country, where it is most famous.

The story begins in flashbacks in Paris in 1956, and the 61-year-old Pagnol (expressed in the English version by Matthew Gravelle) hopelessly thinks his work is outdated. Although he intends to give up writing in pursuit of his hobby of invention (he is using a permanent action machine), the magazine editor asked him to write a memoir.

"Memoirs? You need to remember for this," replied the suspicious Pagnol.

Nevertheless, with the help of his young self, Pagnol magically jogged his memories and began to tell his life, beginning with his early years in Marseille, and died as a teenager. He moved to Paris as a young man to pursue a career as a playwright, a decision made by the promotional travel video of Tright City of Lights, which was a 15-hour performance.

Although his early efforts were a failure, he eventually passed through such jazz and topazthe latter led to his disapproval of his father finally accepting his career choice. He heard another hot voice back to his home country city Mariuswhich became his first work to adapt for the screen.

Pagnol initially rejected the idea of ​​making a movie, which cleverly took over in the form of a silent film. But the conversation came, and the trip to London, he was screened The melody of Broadwayotherwise convince him. Soon he cheated on the style freedom offered by the cinema in another well-designed sequence that illustrates these visual devices.

More images followed, including the 1932 hit stern, Several of these clips are weaved into the animation program. A grand life It also delves into Pagnol's patriotism and love for French cinemas, explaining the plot of his refusal to work for the Nazis during the German occupation, and his later advocacy for American films to prevent them from ruling local culture.

Pagnol's personal life has also been explored, including his marriage to actress Jacqueline Bouvier, for which he wrote Mannon in springand the tragic death of their young daughter. He also mourned his close friend Raimu, who starred in several of his works.

Chomet's script does not completely succeed in blending surreal suspicions, such as talking animals, and describes the lives and careers of its subjects in detail. sometimes A grand life Going into the weed too heavily, trying to cover so much of the biographical foundation that it loses its narrative momentum. But the stylistic imagination and beauty, hand-painted animation presentation goes far beyond making up for its awkward storytelling, and ultimately, it is a love for a major figure in French culture.