Manon des sources (1986)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Claude Berri

Writers:

Claude Berri (adaptation)
Gérard Brach (adaptation)
(more)

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:

Spring | Shepherdess | Water | Revenge | Rural

Awards:

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

Cast

Yves Montand	...	Cesar Soubeyran dit Le Papet
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
Elisabeth Depardieu	...	Aimee Cadoret
Gabriel Bacquier	...	Victor
Armand Meffre	...	Philoxène
André Dupon	...	Pamphile, le menuisier
Pierre Nougaro	...	Casimir
Jean Maurel	...	Anglade
Roger Souza	...	Ange, le fontainier
Didier Pain	...	Eliacin
Pierre-Jean Rippert	...	Cabridan
Marc Betton	...	Martial
Chantal Liennel	...	Amandine
Lucien Damiani	...	Belloiseau
Fransined	...	Le Fleuriste
Françoise Trompette	...	Une villageoise

Directed by
Claude Berri

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Claude Berri		adaptation
Gérard Brach		adaptation (as Gerard Brach)
Marcel Pagnol		novel

Produced by
Pierre Grunstein	....	executive producer
Alain Poiré	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Jean-Claude Petit

Cinematography by
Bruno Nuytten

Film Editing by
Hervé de Luze		(as Herve De Luze)
Geneviève Louveau		(as Genevieve Louveau)

Casting by
Marie-Christine Lafosse

Production Design by
Bernard Vézat		(as Bernard Vezat)

Set Decoration by
Olivier Coutagne
François Dariani		(as François Bariani)
Françoise Doré

Costume Design by
Sylvie Gautrelet

Makeup Department
Pierre Bellis	....	makeup artist
Jean-Pierre Berroyer	....	hair stylist
Michel Deruelle	....	makeup artist
Jean-Pierre Eychenne	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jacques Allaire	....	unit manager
Frédéric Auburtin	....	unit manager (as Frederic Auburtin)
Olivier Austen	....	unit manager
Marie-Françoise Eugene	....	unit manager
Pascal Klein	....	unit manager
Jacky Lapointe	....	unit manager
Alain Olivieri	....	unit manager
Philippe Savournin	....	unit manager
Janou Shammas	....	unit manager
Roland Thénot	....	production manager (as Roland Thenot)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pascal Baeumler	....	assistant director
Xavier Castano	....	assistant director
Isabelle Henri	....	assistant director (as Isabelle Henry)
Emmanuel Touraille	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jean-Pierre Cognard	....	assistant decorator
Jean Marc Druais	....	assistant decorator (as Jean-Marc Druais)
Thomas Godelle	....	assistant decorator
Marcel Laude	....	property master
Christian Marti	....	assistant decorator
Patrick Martin	....	assistant decorator
Christian Tamisier	....	assistant decorator

Sound Department
Jocelyne Cartier-Stern	....	dubbing (as Jocelyne Cartier)
Bernard Chaumeil	....	boom operator
Pierre Gamet	....	sound
François Groult	....	assistant sound mixer
Dominique Hennequin	....	sound
Gérard Lamps	....	sound recordist (as Gerard Lamps)
Mireille Leroy	....	sound editor
Alain Lévy	....	foley artist (as Alain Levy)
Jacques Lévy	....	dubbing (as Jacques Levy)
Jérôme Lévy	....	foley artist (as Jerome Levy)
Maryline Monthieux	....	sound editor
Laurent Quaglio	....	sound

Special Effects by
Jean-Marc Mouligne	....	special effects
Paul Trielli	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Luc Bezeau	....	grip
Louis Bihi	....	electrician
Bernard Brégier	....	grip (as Bernard Bregier)
Gerard Buffard	....	grip
Bernard Caroff	....	electrician
Rémy Chevrin	....	assistant camera (as Remy Chevrin)
Benoît Delhomme	....	assistant camera
Etienne George	....	still photographer
Franck Landron	....	assistant camera
Gilles Lienard	....	electrician
Pierre Novion	....	assistant camera
Georges Pierre	....	still photographer
Bernard Prim	....	still photographer
Gérard Rival	....	grip (as Gerard Rival)
Christian Weyers	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Madeline Fontaine	....	costumer
Simone Leroy	....	costumer
Paule Mangenot	....	costumer
Gil Noir	....	costumer
Michèle Richer	....	costumer (as Michele Richer)
Catherine Taisson	....	costumer
Claudia Tenaglia	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Corinne Rozenberg	....	assistant editor
Catherine Sabbah	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Gabriel Bacquier	....	singing voice: "Monsieur"
Eve Brenner	....	singing voice: "Madame"
Sophie Coussein	....	music editor: songs
Roland Guillotel	....	music mixer
Roland Guillotel	....	music recordist
Maurice Guis	....	musician: psalterion
Jean-Claude Petit	....	conductor
Virginie Petit	....	musical director
Pascal Revelard	....	music editor: songs
Emmanuelle Simon	....	music editor: songs
Toots Thielemans	....	musician: harmonica solo

Other crew
Michel Andre	....	animal director
Josée Bénabent-Loiseau	....	press attache (as Josee Benabent Loiseau)
Bernard Bruna	....	animal director
Jean-Paul Camail	....	location manager
Frederic Fouille	....	location manager (as Frederic Fouillé)
Denise Henry	....	production secretary
Gilles Loutfi	....	location manager (as Gilles G. Loutfi)
Andre Pavon	....	animal director
Hélène Sebillotte	....	script supervisor (as Helene Sebillotte)
Tamara Setton	....	administrator
Colette Suder	....	administrator
Jackline Tolianker	....	production secretary (as Jacqueline Tolianker)
Dominique Trebert	....	location manager
Jean-Pierre Vincent	....	press attache

Production Companies

• DD Productions
• Films A2
• Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)
• Renn Productions

Distributors

• Orion Classics (1987) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• AMLF (1986) (France) (theatrical)
• Constantin-Filmverleih (1987) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (1989) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Sonet Film (1987) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Tobis (1987) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2002) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Emerald (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV) (1991) (Finland) (TV)
• Orion Home Video (1988) (USA) (TV)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1991) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Transmundo Films (Argentina)
• Transmundo Home Video (THV) (Argentina) (video)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
• YLE Teema (2006) (Finland) (TV)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1999) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Ditta Pompei  shoes
• Orchestre de Paris  orchestra
• Transpalux  lighting equipment

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

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Singapore:NC-16 | West Germany:16 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | 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:

Factual errors: After the village fountain stops running, the villagers immediately rush to the collecting basin and find it bone-dry. If the fountain had just stopped, this basin which supplies the fountain would have had moisture.

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!