Manon (1950)

Directed by

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Genre

drama film, crime film, romance film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French Resistance fighter saves a young woman from a mob accusing her of collaborating with the Nazis. They flee and try to build a life together in postwar France.

tensemelancholicromanticwar-tornurgentgrittysuspensefuldramatic

What happens

Manon (French pronunciation: [manɔ̃]) is a 1949 French drama film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry. It is a loose adaptation of the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. Clouzot updates the setting to World War II, making the story about a French Resistance fighter who rescues a woman from villagers convinced she is a Nazi collaborator. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and was a popular success with over three million tickets sold in France. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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