Manon des sources (1952)

Directed by

Marcel Pagnol

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

3h 48m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a small Provencal village, a young woman named Manon is seen as an outsider. The story reveals how she seeks revenge on the man who cheated her parents out of their land and on the community that allowed it to happen.

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What happens

Manon of the Spring (French: Manon des sources, pronounced [manɔ̃ de suʁs]) is a 1952 French two-part drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Jacqueline Pagnol, Raymond Pellegrin and Rellys. The diptych and the first film are both titled Manon of the Spring, while the second film is titled Ugolin. Marcel Pagnol conceived the film specifically as a vehicle for his wife Jacqueline to star in. The titular protagonist is a young woman who lives in rural Provence, near a village where she is considered an outsider. As the story unfolds, it gradually reveals how Manon is taking her revenge on the man who tricked her parents out of their property and on the community who let that happen. Ten years later, Pagnol adapted and expanded the story into the two-volume novel The Water of the Hills. The complete saga was adapted in 1986 as the films Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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