In 1954 Marlon Brando came to Bandol, a small town near Toulon, to visit his fiancée Josanne Mariani-Bérenger, daughter of a fisherman. Brando liked Bandol, as nobody really knew who he was. At first he refused to be photographed, but later he came out for a walk along the harbor and even smiled when he saw the photographer. Brando announced his engagement to the press, however the love affair ended abruptly when he returned to America. Bandol 1954.
Marlon Brando and his fiancée, Josanne Mariani-Bérenger, in the harbor of Bandol, 1954. The actor had come to the small French town to visit Josanne, the daughter of a local fisherman, enjoying the relative anonymity. Posing here on a dock, Brando wears a striped Breton shirt and blazer, his arm around a smiling Josanne in a knit cardigan. He would later announce their engagement to the press, though the affair ended abruptly upon his return to America.
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