Manon of the Spring
A richly textured Provençal drama about revenge, love, and redemption set in rural France, blending comedy and melancholy with the warmth of regional storytelling.
Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.
Essence
Ensemble
Jacqueline Pagnol
Manon des sources
Rellys
Ugolin
Raymond Pellegrin
Bernard, l'instituteur
Henri Poupon
Le Papet
Robert Vattier
M. Belloiseau, le retraité
Fernand Sardou
Philoxène, le maire
Henri Vilbert
Le curé
Charles Blavette
Pamphile, le menuisier
Milly Mathis
Amélie, la femme de Pamphile, le menuisier
Edmond Ardisson
Ange, le fontainier
Luce Dassas
La femme d'Ange, le fontainier
Édouard Delmont
Anglade
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