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The Well-Digger's Daughter
In theaters: July 20th, 2012
Copyright © 2012 Kino Lorber
Synopsis
Twenty-five years after rising to international acclaim in JEAN DE FLORETTE and MANON OF THE SPRING, Daniel Auteuil returns to the world of Marcel Pagnol for his directorial debut, a celebrated remake of the 1940s classic. Auteuil stars as the eponymous well-digger Pascal, a widower living with his six daughters in the Provence countryside at the start of World War I. His eldest, Patricia (the luminous Astrid Berges-Frisbey), has returned home from Paris to help raise her sisters, and Pascal dreams of marrying her off to his loyal friend Felipe (Kad Merad). But when she's impregnated by a wealthy young pilot (Nicolas Duvauchelle) who promptly abandons her for the frontlines, Pascale is left to contend with the consequences. An exquisitely crafted, sun-drenched melodrama, set to a score by Academy Award-nominee Alexandre Desplat (THE KING'S SPEECH), the film captures all the warmth and humanist spirit of Pagnol's original work.
- Genre:
- Foreign, Drama
- Official Site:
- http://welldiggersdaughter.com/
- Director:
- Daniel Auteuil
- Cast:
- Daniel Auteuil, Astrid Bergés-Frisbey, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Sabine Azema, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Kad Merad
- Run Time:
- 105 minutes
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