Rotten
Berri also remains a boringly uninteresting director, dotting every i and crossing every t with nothing much on his mind but platitude.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Manon of the Spring
They destroyed her father. Now they offered her love. But the only thing she desired was revenge.
1986 · 1h 55m · PG
Drama
Directed by
Claude Berri
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Manon of the Spring
Overview
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon 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.
Director and cast
- Claude Berri Director
- Yves Montand as César Soubeyran, aka "le Papet"
- Daniel Auteuil as Ugolin Soubeyran, aka "Galinette"
- Emmanuelle Béart as Manon Cadoret
- Hippolyte Girardot as Bernard Olivier, teacher
- Margarita Lozano as Baptistine
- Yvonne Gamy as Delphine
- Ticky Holgado as Rural engineering specialist
- Jean Bouchaud as Vicar
- Elisabeth Depardieu as Aimée Cadoret
- Gabriel Bacquier as Victor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Berri is unable to overcome the inherent feebleness of the Manon character, here played ineffectually by the lovely and talented Emmanuelle Beart.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
There is a satisfying symmetry to events, with Manon able to take her revenge on the Soubeyrans.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
The acting, from that of the four major stars to the numerous supporting cast members, is without flaw.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
The movie is stuffed with cues for arias that are never heard.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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