Manon of the Spring

1986 ‘Manon des Sources’ Directed by Claude Berri

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon (Beart) 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.

Yves Montand Daniel Auteuil Emmanuelle Béart Hippolyte Girardot Margarita Lozano Yvonne Gamy Ticky Holgado Jean Bouchaud Elisabeth Depardieu Gabriel Bacquier Armand Meffre André Dupon Pierre Nougaro Jean Maurel Roger Souza Didier Pain Pierre-Jean Rippert Marc Betton Chantal Liennel Lucien Damiani Fransined Françoise Trompette

Alternative Titles

Die Wasser der Hügel - Manons Rache, Manon og kilden, La venganza de Manon

drama

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Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★★★ 3

Director Claude Berri's sequel to Jean De Florette is a wickedly delicious tale of revenge and karmic justice!
Manon (Emmanuelle Béart) the feral beauty seeks vengeance against the two men (Yves Montand and Daniel Auteuil) whom conspired against her father in the previous film!
Secrets, twists and explosive consequences drive this film to its uber dramatic conclusion!
Fabulous and deeply satisfying! Cinematography to die for!
Review by Calib McBolts ★★★★½ 2

Like the first part of this epic story, this continuation is subtly and acutely directed by French filmmaker Claude Berri and with it's ardent milieu depictions and efficient narrative structure, it draws an incessantly engaging portrayal of a young French woman who has been waiting several years to get justice for what happened to her family a decade earlier in time. The young woman named Manon is played by Emmanuelle Béart, an actress who owns this movie with hardly saying a word at all. We feel her every emotion all through the glances of her eyes that repress all the feelings until the final implosion held behind her blond, fiery, almost leonine hair.
In fact, like in the first film,…
Review by TajLV ★★★½

"I won't help those who stole my father's water." ~ Manon Cadoret
The sequel to Jean de Florette picks up ten years after the last efforts of hunchback Jean Cadoret to farm in the French countryside. His daughter Manon (Emmanuelle Béart) is now a lone goat herder, and she uncovers the role played by the neighboring Soubeyrans (Yves Montand and Daniel Auteuil) in thwarting his dream. Enraged by this knowledge, Manon stumbles upon an opportunity for revenge, depriving not only the Soubeyrans but all the local residents of water.
This film adds some new cast members, notably Hippolyte Girardot as the local teacher Bernard Olivier and Yvonne Gamy as the old blind woman Delphine, who was once a friend of…
Review by Jonathan White ★½ 2

The conclusion of Claude Berri’s Jean de Florette hinted rather broadly that Jean’s young daughter, Manon, would be putting a serious beating on the last surviving Soubeyran’s; the self-interested scheming Caesar and his simpleton, morally dichotic, nephew, Ugolin. Failing that, I hoped that Manon would be removed from the story entirely, and would become, like the first film, only a silent observer. I had hoped for the same comedic to tragic arc, or a tragic to comic arc, mirroring the first installment. Alas, that wasn’t to be.
I find it hard to rationalize that both of these films were shot simultaneously, with the same director at the helm; that Jean de Florette’s sophisticated palette could be related to this second…
Review by Lee ★★★★½ 5

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

A continuation of the wonderful story of Jean De Florette.... boxd.it/54TH3 (my review).
****Please do not read unless you have seen the first movie.****
The cinematography is still wonderfully used along with the fantastic soundtrack. After being left with a climax from the first movie I was awaiting to see how the revenge would be used.
A bit disappointed by the outcome of how she revenged the two after what happened to her father. But...a major twist in the tale for the ending is a shocker which is a bit messed up tit got me thinking about it within the next few hours when finished.
Overall Jean and Manon are one big entire movie and I am glad to have seen both.
Review by Mark Cunliffe ★★★★

Not so much a sequel more a continuation from Jean de Florette, focusing on Jean's heartbroken daughter Manon who has spent the ten years since his death living as a reclusive goatherd spying on the townsfolk who spurned and cheated her father.
For my opinion of this, basically see my review of Jean de Florette, because everything I say there about the acting, the direction, the writing, the cinematography and the score holds true here in Manon des Sources. OK, there's no Depardieu here but this is ably compensated by Emanuelle Beart as Manon and the continuous first rate performances from Daniel Auteuil and Yves Montand, the latter especially giving his all at the end of his career. Whilst the…
Review by Iain Dickie ★★★★ 2

Yes, sweet, sweet revenge.
P.S Emmanuelle Beart is one of the most beautiful woman I have seen on screen.
Review by Edgar Cochran ★★★★★ 3

Since the very beginning, the movie says to us with open arms: "Welcome back". And so we are back to the world that the first part of this wonderful epic made us think we had already abandoned forever. A "Bressonic" touch is invading the inner conflicts of the village and Manon is a rare flower blossoming in an environment she was meant to merge in. Magnificently, the circle of events is closed as a Greek tragedy, and wonderful scenes decorate the powerful revelations given in the last 20 minutes.
96/100
Review by Smilesley ★★★★★

Every time i watch this movie i instantly feel transported to a different time and place. All of the physical details and the environment are extremely well drawn.
The acting here, especially from Yves Montand is all first rate. Emmanualle Beart is a legendary beauty in this.
I would wager that anyone would be hard-pressed to name a more tragic story after viewing this movie, along with its predecessor Jean de Florette,
Very highest recommendations
Review by Hatim Jaffal ★★★★½ 2

Greed, lust, love, regret, yearning, honor, family, faith. All gathered in one beautiful piece of art coming to us from France.
I prefer this one to Jean de Florette. Both are masterpieces, but this one delivered more and gave us the perfect ending of a heartwarming story that will stay with you long after you finish it.
God I love cinema!
Review by Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

- Fuck me up on a good vengeful daughter story tbh
- FYI Angel Olsen told me this is one of her favorite movies
- There's a joke to be made here about the men being literally thirsty
- Watching this right after the prequel, Jean de Florette, I kept thinking how together they could be like Settlers of Catan: The Movie??? First part is, like, about a selfish dude hogging all the resources/harbors and refusing to trade and then in part two Manon rolls a seven and puts down the robber and cuts them off from the spring you know....... Pls ignore me thank you.
Review by Lifem ★★★★★

الجزء الثاني لفيلم jean de floretteالطمع، الأنانية هي جرائم ستنقلب عليك يومًا ما، ويومًا ما سترى الحياة بأنها لاشيء عندما يأتيك ذلك العقاب القاسي منها بطريقة ستتمنى انه لم يكن بقلبك ذلك الطمع والأنانية التي استفدت منها لحظات بسيطة فقط!،عمل من اعمال السينما الفرنسية العظيمة وأحد اعمال الثمانينات العظيمة، كتابة رائعة جدًا لعملين مبهره وتفاصيل جميلة جدًا

Recent reviews

Review by Dániel Orosdy ★★★★★

Beart szépsége nem pótolja Depardieu jelenlétét, de minden más nagyon is rendben van a "folytatással". (10/9,5 - od)
Review by Grace Bosley ★★★★½

Even though this wasn’t as totally magical as the first part, it’s still part of some of the greatest cinematic world building. The best scene is after mass when everyone starts arguing and turning on each other and I realized how invested I was in this small town and these petty farmers. Amazing films, amazing attention to detail, and all around a moving experience experiance.
Review by Alvin Gunawan ★★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

An orphan's prayer soars to heaven like a lark.
The sequel of Jean de Florette is absolutely stunning. Manon actually can be understood without having seen Jean de Florette, but with this bold story maybe you won't miss both. Manon as a young hunchbacked woman and an orphan who became one of the Soubeyran. The village is like the city of Thebes which is known as Greek tragedy, but the plague did not apply to the village.
Review by Rémi

Watched: Saturday the 20th of June, 2020
Review by javimart ★★★★½

Like the first one, but better
Review by Manuel ★★★½

Nice story, nicely acted, not exactly enthralling.
Review by BSue ★★★★½

Superbly written and cast, it is easy to become deeply invested in the characters and story.
Review by jon10g ★★★★

Very good film
Review by Hatim Jaffal ★★★★½ 2

Greed, lust, love, regret, yearning, honor, family, faith. All gathered in one beautiful piece of art coming to us from France.
I prefer this one to Jean de Florette. Both are masterpieces, but this one delivered more and gave us the perfect ending of a heartwarming story that will stay with you long after you finish it.
God I love cinema!
Review by Aaron Osborne ★★

l'homme a cousu un ruban dans son mamelon. vu cela en classe de français. pas pour moi
Review by Abbyssen ★★★★

Manon Of The Spring is equally emotional and unforgettable drama like the 1st part. This one is about revenge, sacrifice and ultimately about getting the punishment and facing the bitter truth of your wrongdoings. Atleast you can say that if a man is in misery, then he is also responsible for it.
Like its predecessor, Manon of the Spring is filled with sublime photography, gorgeous rolling landscapes, and amazing performances from all the three lead casts. Emmanuelle Béart is just irresistible and heavenly. At last both these movie can easily be watched as a four hours long film in a single sitting...loved both movies very much.
Review by Younes Saidji ★★★★★

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