This film is closer to the book than the films from the beginning of the century (in English My father's glory and My mother's castle) as in the second film the storyline of this film was added despite the fact that it was only from the book the time of secrets. Having read all the books the film is definitely closer to Pagnol's 3rd book than the first two films. To me this is a good version including the Marseille accents. I think the ew version with the new actors is rather good, with Demaison doing a superb uncle Jules. The children are very good actors given that this is their first film. I think that the only thing wrong with the film is the lack of moments in Pagnol's school life, which is actually paramount in the books, but heck this is a film anyway and it was probably too expensive to film too much in the schools.
Review of The Time of Secrets
