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A.k.a.
Manon of the Spring
Year
1986
Runtime
113 min.
Director
Claude Berri
Genre
Drama
Rating *
8.0
Votes *
15,485
Checks
3,514
Favs
318
Dislikes
18
Favs/checks
9.0% (1:11)
Favs/dislikes
18:1
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  1. george4mon's avatar

    george4mon

    films don't get any better than jean de florette and Manon des sources!! 11 years 11 months ago
  2. Rosenrotta's avatar

    Rosenrotta

    Up there with the best sequels of all time. 9 years 10 months ago
  3. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    Named after Pagnol's original film which spawned the "Water of the Hills" novel than then gave us Berri's two-part Provencal epic starting in Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring (Manon des Sources) jumps ahead about a decade to see the consequences of the previous chapter's land grab. It is the New Testament to part 1's Old, with the landscape that, while beautiful, felt hellish now a colorful pastoral setting. Manon, the wronged hunchback's daughter, is a shepherdess who punishes the sinful, but also seems to provide a miracle when the village is hit with drought. Daniel Auteuil's character has become obsessed with her, and is again on the verge of repenting his sins, but he may be in too deep. His father (Yves Montand) is in greater need of redemption, or if unavailable, punishment, and this comes about in a most melodramatic way. This, and the fact that Manon lacks the agency that summary blurbs would give her as an avenger, makes me affect this second part less than the first, but I'm only slightly disappointed by the film's novelistic epilogue. 3 weeks 5 days ago
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  1. This movie ranks #34 in Empire's The Greatest Movie Sequels
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  2. This movie ranks #43 in IMDb's 1980s Top 50
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  3. This movie ranks #65 in Empire's The 100 Best Films of World Cinema
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