MANON OF THE SPRING
| 1986 (Re-released in 2023) – 120′ – Drama, Coming of Age, Films & Literature, Period & History, Classic, Family 14+.
Written by: Claude Berri, Gérard Brach.
Based on the Book by: Marcel Pagnol.
Directed by: Claude Berri.
Starring: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Didier Pain, Hippolyte Girardot, Elisabeth Depardieu, Jean Morel, Marc Betton, Ticky Holgado.
Winner 2 César Awards 1987: Best Actor (Daniel Auteuil) and Best Supporting Actress (Emmanuelle Béart).
In French with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |
The second installment in Claude Berri’s sprawling rural tragedy that began with Jean de Florette (also in TAFFF Library), Manon of the Spring follows a beautiful but shy shepherdess (Emmanuelle Béart) as she plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father’s land caused his death years earlier.Taken together, these masterful adaptations of the novel by Marcel Pagnol stand as high-water marks of French cinema, recapturing the rich humanist tradition of its classical era.