Manon des Sources (1986 film)

Manon des sources
French original theatrical release poster
Directed byClaude Berri
Written byClaude Berri
Gérard Brach
Produced byPierre Grunstein
Alain Poiré
StarringYves Montand
Daniel Auteuil
Emmanuelle Béart
Hippolyte Girardot
CinematographyBruno Nuytten
Edited byHervé de Luze
Geneviève Louveau
Music byJean-Claude Petit
Distributed byPathé Distribution (EU)
Orion Classics (USA)
Release date
  • 19 November 1986 (1986-11-19)
Running time
113 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Switzerland
LanguageFrench
Box office56.4 million €

Manon des sources (French pronunciation: [manɔ̃ de suʁs]; meaning Manon of the Spring) is a 1986 French language period film directed by Claude Berri, as the second part of a diptych with Jean de Florette, released the same year.

Both are the adaptation of Marcel Pagnol’s 1963 two-volume novel The Water of the Hills, itself an adaptation of his own 1952 film Manon of the Spring, which became the novel’s second part.[1][2][3]

The two films are ranked No. 60 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010.[4]

  1. ^ The Duxorcist, Walker, Manon of the Spring, The Dead, Happy New Year, 1987 – Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews
  2. ^ Roger Ebert
  3. ^ Spirituality & Practice
  4. ^ "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema – 60. Jean de Florette". Empire. 23 September 2019.