The Well-Digger's Daughter
2012 Drama/Romance Not Rated 105 Minutes
In Theaters | July 20, 2012 | |||
On 4K UHD | Not Available | |||
On Blu-ray | December 26, 2012 | |||
On DVD | December 26, 2012 |
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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 first work as director with this celebrated remake of the 1940s classic.
Auteuil stars as the eponymous well-digger Pascale, a widower living with his six daughters in the Provence countryside at the start of World War I. His eldest, Patricia (the luminous Astrid Bergès-Frisbey), has returned home from Paris to help raise her sisters, and Pascale dreams of marrying her off to his loyal assistant 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.
Not Rated.
Box office gross: $0.1 million. View box office history.
Presented in French.
Released by Kino Lorber. See more credits.