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Manon of the Spring

Original title: Manon des sources
  • 1986
  • PG
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
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Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil, and Yves Montand in Manon of the Spring (1986)
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A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.

  • Director
    • Claude Berri
  • Writers
    • Marcel Pagnol
    • Claude Berri
    • Gérard Brach
  • Stars
    • Yves Montand
    • Emmanuelle Béart
    • Daniel Auteuil
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    • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    25K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Claude Berri
    • Writers
      • Marcel Pagnol
      • Claude Berri
      • Gérard Brach
    • Stars
      • Yves Montand
      • Emmanuelle Béart
      • Daniel Auteuil
    • 91User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Yves Montand
    Yves Montand
    • Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet'
    Emmanuelle Béart
    Emmanuelle Béart
    • Manon
    • (as Emmanuelle Beart)
    Daniel Auteuil
    Daniel Auteuil
    • Ugolin
    Hippolyte Girardot
    Hippolyte Girardot
    • Bernard Olivier
    Margarita Lozano
    Margarita Lozano
    • Baptistine
    Yvonne Gamy
    • Delphine
    Ticky Holgado
    Ticky Holgado
    • Le Spécialiste
    • (as Tiki Olgado)
    Jean Bouchaud
    • Le Curé
    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
    Didier Pain
    • Eliacin
    Pierre-Jean Rippert
    • Cabridan
    Marc Betton
    • Martial
    • Director
      • Claude Berri
    • Writers
      • Marcel Pagnol
      • Claude Berri
      • Gérard Brach
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Yves Montand was raised in the area where the story takes place and had been a friend of Marcel Pagnol. Nevertheless he rejected the role when it was first offered. Montand was ultimately persuaded to take his role by wife Simone Signoret, who died during production.
    • Goofs
      When three goats are climbing on the rocks, you can clearly see someone waving a pine branch behind them, probably to force them to move.
    • Quotes

      Ugolin: [to Manon] Manon, don't run away! It's not to give you work. I was lying to you! It's because I love you, Manon. I love you with all my heart! Manon! I want to marry you! I'm all alone! I've got no-one! My grandparents are dead. My father hanged himself when I was little. My mother died of the flu. There's only Uncle Papet! He's rich, he's old. He's going to die. He's going to leave me all his money. It'll be yours, because I love you. I love you! I am sick for the love of you. It's suffocating me! I saw you bathing in the rainwater. I watched for hours. You were so lovely. I was tempted to commit a crime.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Duxorcist/Walker/Manon of the Spring/The Dead (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Le Mariage de Manon
      Lyrics by David McNeil
      Performed by Gabriel Bacquier and Ève Brenner

    User reviews91

    Featured review

    The best film ever

    This (and Jean de Florette) is the most moving, well thought out film I have ever watched. The countryside makes me long to go to France, to where it was filmed, to see "Les Romarins" and "Les Bastides". The music is like an eerie prayer that reminds my soul of "pauvre Galinette et ses rouges oeillets, et Papet Soubeyrans, et Manon Cadoret". The red carnations are a haunting image...

    Both books are as good as the movies; I recommend anybody who likes this film to buy them (if you can read French, that is!). I would give everyone, Marcel Pagnol, Claude Berri, etc etc a gold medal for these works- well done!

    By the way, have a look at the earlier version of "Manon des Sources". An actress called Jaqueline Pagnol is in it -she is the wife of Marcel Pagnol who wrote both books!
    • lrw42
    • Jul 28, 2002
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    • Release date
      • December 4, 1987 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Switzerland
      • France
      • Italy
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Manons Rache
    • Filming locations
      • Mirabeau, Vaucluse, France(town centre and fountain)
    • Production companies
      • DD Productions
      • Films A2
      • RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,940,542
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,940,542
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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