Manon des Sources (1986)
Country: FR
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot
Synopsis:
The orphaned daughter of Jean de Florette (qv.) takes revenge on the villagers who victimised her father by blocking up the source of their water.
Review:
After a slow and awkward start in the hills setting up the cruel reversal of predicament of the lovesick Ugolin, this second part of the phenomenally successful Pagnol adaptation builds to an impressive climax as tragedy is heaped upon irony and the awful truth of the saga is revealed. The films led to a spate of so-called heritage productions in France to match the one following A Room with a View in Britain.
Country: FR
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot
Synopsis:
The orphaned daughter of Jean de Florette (qv.) takes revenge on the villagers who victimised her father by blocking up the source of their water.
Review:
After a slow and awkward start in the hills setting up the cruel reversal of predicament of the lovesick Ugolin, this second part of the phenomenally successful Pagnol adaptation builds to an impressive climax as tragedy is heaped upon irony and the awful truth of the saga is revealed. The films led to a spate of so-called heritage productions in France to match the one following A Room with a View in Britain.
Country: FR
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot
Synopsis:
The orphaned daughter of Jean de Florette (qv.) takes revenge on the villagers who victimised her father by blocking up the source of their water.
Review:
After a slow and awkward start in the hills setting up the cruel reversal of predicament of the lovesick Ugolin, this second part of the phenomenally successful Pagnol adaptation builds to an impressive climax as tragedy is heaped upon irony and the awful truth of the saga is revealed. The films led to a spate of so-called heritage productions in France to match the one following A Room with a View in Britain.