Fanny (1961)

Almost 19yearold Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille his life planned for him by his cafeowning father and he longs for the sea The night before he is to leave on a 5year voyage Fanny a girl he grew up with reveals that she is in love with him and he discovers that he is in love with her He must choose between an exciting life at sea and a boring life with the woman he loves And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves and letting him live the life he seems to want