Manon delle sorgenti
Directed by:
Claude BerriScreenplay:
Gérard BrachCinematography:
Bruno NuyttenComposer:
Jean-Claude PetitCast:
Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot, Margarita Lozano, Ticky Holgado, Elisabeth Depardieu, Jean Bouchaud, Roger Souza (more)VOD (1)
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Manon has grown up to become a beautiful woman, a shy and resourceful shepherdess who lives in relative seclusion from the townspeople of her provencal village, haunted by the tragic death of her father (played by Gerard Depardieu in part one). An outsider, like her father, Manon stays high up in the rugged hills preferring the company of her sheep to her nearby neighbors César (Yves Montand) and Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil). One fateful day, Manon discovers the real reason why her father's spring ran dry and comes up with a powerful revenge to exact on the men responsible for her father's downfall. Manon's action changes her life forever and uncovers long-hidden family secrets that powerfully affect the local villagers. (official distributor synopsis)
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Most of the positive points of the first part remained, no need to address them. This applies especially to the actors to the last letter. But in fact it is all just a little pointless. The characters don’t develop in any direction, the “what, when, who and why" is basically obvious long in advance and even the story is not particularly interesting. It goes by like a long, stifling day in Provence. Because in fact it ignores the ending of Jean de Florette and waits until “that" character comes again. From the moment when he gets his revenge it is absolutely first-rate and criticism free, just a little superfluous. Although, Pagnol’s novel is more to blame for that here. Personally I would have preferred to see one perfect three-hour movie rather that two very good two-hour ones, but... Better than a jab in the eye with a sharp stick, though?
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