Included in the 1932 film by Marcel Pagnol “Fanny” a famous scene in which a tram is stopped in its tracks in order to allow the game to continue (the clip is unsubtitled but, as ever in Provence, the gestures speak volumes).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0PhfNNZN4c
However one of pétanque’s most venerable and amusing traditions, the Fanny, is apparently unconnected with Pagnol. La Fanny, qu’est-ce que c’est?