Kaivontekijän tytär

Original title: La fille du puisatier

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2h 50m

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7.3/10

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Fernandel and Raimu in Kaivontekijän tytär (1940)

Comedy Drama

A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

628

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Director
- Marcel Pagnol
Writers
- Marcel Pagnol
- Herman G. Weinberg(English titles)
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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Trivia
The film famously contains a scene where characters listen to Maréchal Philippe Pétain's 17 June 1940 speech on the radio, announcing the need for an armistice with Adolf Hitler's Germany. Following the liberation of France in 1944, this was replaced with a speech by the Leader of Free France, General Charles de Gaulle, which made no sense in the context of the film. The Pétain speech was reinstated in recent years.

Connections
Featured in Les sentiers Marcel Pagnol. Les chemins d'une vie (2005)

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6/10

A tale from South of France

Pagnol's movies have to be heard in French, to have the pleasure to hear and fully appreciate this melodious accent. This time, the story focuses on 2 mains families, one poor and simple and one rich and more, let's say, cautious, in particular times as the story takes place in 1939 and 1940 - the movie being shot in 1940 and released at the end of that year.

The movie is a bit too long but rewards us with some crunchy scenes and 2 of the best French actors, Raimu and Fernandel. The rest of the cast does not reach the same levels (with these 2, the challenge is not easy) and the choice of the leading actress did not convince me as a 18y young girl. The scenario is so so, but still displays Pagnol love for simple, modest people.

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