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Marion Fayolle, winner of the 2024 Marcel Pagnol Prize for ‘Du même bois’
12 June 2024
Henri Dariès was the last survivor of the Pagnol gang that operated in Marseille from 1934 to 1941. He worked as a photographer and camera assistant on Le Schpountz, Regain, La Femme du Boulanger. He passed away on May 2, 2010 at the age of 90.
Full of anecdotes about the shooting of Marcel Pagnol’s films, he was interviewed by Guy Chapouillé, President of Esav in Toulouse. Here is his testimony.