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Toni (1935)

• Director
  • Jean Renoir
• Writers
  • Jean Renoir(screenplay)
  • Jacques Levert(based upon material compiled by)
  • Carl Einstein(uncredited)
• Stars
  • Charles Blavette
  • Celia Montalván
  • Jenny Hélia

  In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. 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.