Manon of the Spring (1986) on Netflix
Manon, a shepherdess in the hills of Provence, blames the village and the Soubeyrans for her father's ruin. Ugolin, who grows carnations on her father's land, falls in love with her.
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Plot summary
Ugolin Soubeyran's carnation business is thriving on the land he and his uncle César bought from Manon Cadoret's widowed mother after her father's death. César, known as le Papet, presses his nephew to marry and carry on the family name. In the hills above the village, Manon tends her goats and keeps to herself. When Ugolin sees her, he falls in love and begins following her, leaving birds and rabbits in her traps as gifts. Manon is repulsed and holds him and the village responsible for her father's ruin. Bernard Olivier, a schoolteacher and amateur mineralogist, is new to the village.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Manon of the Spring (1986)
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- Emmanuelle Béart was reluctant to undress in front of the crew for the scene in which Manon bathes naked, so director Claude Berri undressed and dived naked into the water to break the ice; Béart then followed suit.
- Emmanuelle Béart was in a relationship with Daniel Auteuil at the time and found it difficult to express hatred for him, so their final scene together, in which Manon rejects Ugolin's marriage proposal, took a week to shoot.
- Theatre actress Yvonne Gamy, who played the pivotal role of Delphine, was the only performer to appear in both film versions, having made her film debut in the 1952 Manon of the Spring.
- The Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources saga is often credited, alongside Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence, with boosting interest in and tourism to Provence, particularly among the British, and was followed by an increase in British home ownership in southern France.
- Shot back-to-back with the first part of the story, Jean de Florette, the two films were at the time the most expensive project ever for the French film industry.
