The long anticipated next animated feature from four-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Sylvain Chomet. The preview invites viewers to discover the incredibly story of the greatest storyteller of all time — namely, the revered author, playwright, filmmaker and memoirist, Marcel Pagnol.

In 1955, 60-year-old Marcel Pagnol is a well-known and acclaimed playwright and filmmaker. When the editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine commissions a weekly column about Pagnol's childhood, he sees this as a great opportunity to go back to his artistic roots: writing. Realizing his memory is failing him and deeply affected by the disappointing results of his last two plays, Pagnol starts doubting his ability to pursue his work. That is until Little Marcel — the young boy he used to be — appears to him as if by magic. Together, they will explore Marcel Pagnol's incredible life and bring back to life his most cherished encounters and memories…

Marcel et monsieur pagnol | Wspaniałe życie | A Magnificent Life

DIrected by: Sylvain Chomet
Screenplay: Sylvain Chomet
Production: What The Prod, Picture Box
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Year: 2025
Running time: 90 min.

Age category: 14+

Sylvain Chomet

Was born in 1963.  French animated film director and comic book creator (illustrator and screenwriter).

In 1986 he published his first graphic novel ‘Le secret des libellules (The Secret of Dragonflies)’ and adapted Victor Hugo’s first novel, ‘Bug-Jargal’, into a comic book.

Sylvain began his career in animation in 1988 working as an assistant at Richard Purdum’s studio in London.  In 1989 he embarked on his first animated short film, La vieille dame et les pigeons (The Old Lady and the Pigeons) which was completed in 1996 and was nominated for an American Academy Award® in 1997.

Director of the films: The Old Lady and the Pigeons (1998), The Triplets of Belleville (2003), Barbacoa (2005), Paris in Love (2006), and The Illusionist (2010), which won numerous awards around the world. We waited 15 years for his last film.