Manon of the Spring
They destroyed her father. Now they offered her love. But the only thing she desired was revenge.
A melancholic revenge drama set in sun-drenched Provence, where a young woman's quest for justice against her father's betrayers unfolds against the beauty and moral complexity of rural life.
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.
Essence
Ensemble
Yves Montand
César Soubeyran, aka "le Papet"
Daniel Auteuil
Ugolin Soubeyran, aka "Galinette"
Emmanuelle Béart
Manon Cadoret
Hippolyte Girardot
Bernard Olivier, teacher
Margarita Lozano
Baptistine
Yvonne Gamy
Delphine
Ticky Holgado
Rural engineering specialist
Jean Bouchaud
Vicar
Elisabeth Depardieu
Aimée Cadoret
Gabriel Bacquier
Victor
Armand Meffre
Philoxène
André Dupon
Pamphile, joiner
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Go darker
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
