Manon of the Spring

Manon of the Spring
  • Release date: 16 Jan 1953
  • Release year: 1953
  • Runtime: 228 minutes
  • Country: France
  • Keywords: screenplay adapted by author, water, original screenplay, goat herder, nickname as title, hard of hearing, town gossip, arrested woman, 1950s, schoolteacher
Plot:
More than anything in the world, Manon, a proud, solitary shepherdess of verdant Provence, wants to avenge her father's untimely and unjust death. With this in mind, Manon, bent on taking her revenge on the ruthless, calculative landowner, Papet, and his love-smitten but equally guilty nephew, Ugolin, concocts an audacious plan to deprive the unsuspecting inhabitants of the nearby village of fresh, drinking water. However, now that Manon has secretly diverted the life-giving source which supplies water to the communal fountain, before long, this grave situation loosens the tongues of those who have chosen to remain silent all these years. Are they prepared for the shocking truth?
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