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Manon of the Spring

Manon of the Spring

7,6 /10 (575 Votes)
1986 FR 115 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

19/11/1986

Votes

575

Popularity

4.4

They destroyed her father. Now they offered her love. But the only thing she desired was revenge.

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Status

Released

Original title

Manon des sources

Language

FR

Runtime

115 min

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

2023-06-19

⭐ 9

**The other half of “Jean de Florette” is the golden key that beautifully close a great work of French cinema.** This film is the sequel to “Jean de Florette” and was filmed immediately after that film, with the same cast, the same director, the same technical team, the same sets and locations. In practice, they are two films that come together like two sides of the same coin and, to understand this, it is essential to see the first one. The script picks up the story where the first one interrupts it: Jean's death and the selling of the land to the Soubeyran's. While the widow returns to he…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-05-06

⭐ 7

Continuing on from the story of "Jeanne de Florette", we have advanced many years to find "Ugolin" (Daniel Auteuil) and his uncle "Papet" (Yves Montand) running a thriving carnation business perfectly watered by their own spring. Indeed it's quite a feet of irrigation that has enabled them to enhance the family fortune by at least 50,000 Francs. As ever, though, "Papet" is looking to the future of his dynasty and so continues to pressurise "Ugolin" to marry. He's quite happy with the odd visit to the local whorehouse until he discovers "Manon". She (Emmanuelle Béart) is the daughter of the pre…

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