Manon des sources (1986)

Director:

Claude Berri

Writers:

Claude Berri (adaptation)
Gérard Brach (adaptation)

Release Date:

December 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her her father's land caused his death years earlier.

Plot Keywords:

Nude Girl | Spring | Funeral Procession | Haunted By Past | Carnation

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Yves Montand	...	Cesar Soubeyran
Daniel Auteuil	...	Ugolin
Emmanuelle Béart	...	Manon (as Emmanuelle Beart)
Hippolyte Girardot	...	Bernard Olivier
Margarita Lozano	...	Baptistine
Yvonne Gamy	...	Delphine
Ticky Holgado	...	Le Spécialiste (as Tiki Olgado)
Jean Bouchaud	...	Le Curé / Priest
Elisabeth Depardieu	...	Aimee Cadoret
Gabriel Bacquier	...	Victor
Armand Meffre	...	Philoxène
André Dupon	...	Pamphile (as Andre Dupon)
Pierre Nougaro	...	Casimir
Jean Maurel	...	Anglade
Roger Souza	...	Ange

Also Known As:

Jean de Florette II
Manon delle sorgenti (Italy)
Manon des sources: Jean de Florette 2e partie (France) (poster title)
Manon of the Spring (USA)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

Italy | France | Switzerland

Language:

French

Colour:

Colour (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Norway:12 | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Ansouis, Vaucluse, France

Company:

DD Productions

Trivia:

During the procession, the crowd sings. in Provencal language, a song dedicated to Saint Gens, a very popular local saint, who people pray to bring rain.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: As Manon visits her father's grave, a gravestone falls over notice in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.

Quotes:

Cesar Soubeyran: He's such a bigot he might confess other people's sins.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Date with an Angel (1987)

French films in the classroom

I always felt that the week I needed to show the two films was worth the time for the students: they heard other-than-Parisian accents and they saw truly fine films! I enjoyed watching them as well, but I always went to the front of the room toward the end of Manon so I could watch the reaction of the students at the "revealing" scene near the end. One year, a young lady whom I did not particularly like was glued to the TV closest to her: her eyes widened, her mouth gaped, and perfectly silent tears started to flow down her cheeks. Not a motion, not a sound...just tears. I decided I liked her quite a bit more than I previously had!