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 with his fiancée, Josanne Mariani-Bérenger, in her hometown of Bandol, 1954. The actor, visiting the fisherman's daughter in the small French town near Toulon, smiles broadly with his arm around her shoulder. He is dressed in a dark blazer and a striped shirt, while she wears a textured knit cardigan. Brando, who enjoyed the anonymity of Bandol and initially refused to be photographed, later posed for this portrait by the harbor. He announced their engagement to the press, but the affair ended abruptly upon his return to America.
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