The well digger's daughter french film

Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. Let the well diggers daughter take you back in time, not once but several times over. Daniel auteuil makes his directorial debut as he stars alongside astrid bergesfrisbey, kad merad. The welldiggers daughter is a 1940 french romantic comedy drama film directed by marcel pagnol. Auteuil, merad, and darroussin are three of modern french film s finest actors, and they all give firstrate performances here. As with some of his other recent work for french film. Daniel auteuil makes his directorial debut as he stars alongside astrid bergesfrisbey, kad merad, sabine azema, jeanpierre darroussin, and nicolas duvauchelle the screenplay by auteuil is based on the 1940 film the welldigger s daughter written and directed by marcel pagnol. Patricia, a peasant, becomes pregnant by jacques, a military pilot from a local family. Daniel auteuil makes his directorial debut as he stars alongside astrid bergesfrisbey, kad merad, sabine azema, jeanpierre darroussin, and nicolas duvauchelle. The welldiggers daughter the humanist spirit of director marcel pagnol is alive and well in the sincere welldiggers daughter. Its a light lunch with an old friend whom its good to see again. Adapted from the beloved french film and novel by marcel pagnol, the movie tells the sweeping saga of single father and welldigger pascal amoretti daniel.

The welldiggers daughter, directed by daniel auteuil the new. The often wonderful dialogue is delivered as in a great movie or play, lovingly and beautifully. The welldiggers daughter is a 2011 french comedy film. This article related to a french film of the 1940s is a stub. The welldiggers daughter is a 2011 french romantic drama film. The well digger s daughter is such a success that auteuil has already been signed to direct three more pagnol. French film star daniel auteuil came to international prominence a quartercentury ago when he.

Desplat the kings speech, the film captures all the warmth and. Auteuil stars as the eponymous welldigger pascale, a widower living with his six. Welldiggers daughter french movies, the daughter movie. Hes currently remaking the trilogy, and he directed, adapted, and stars in this version of pagnols 1940 film, the well diggers daughter. In 1940 france, a widowedfather with 5 daughters is torn. Watching the new french film the well diggers daughter, set at the outbreak of world war i, is like being transported back not only in time but in technique. But she meets young jacques mazel from the village.

At 62, the actor daniel auteuil is french film royalty, a renaissance man equally at home in comedy, drama, thrillers or, given his perennial. Rural well digger pascal has a pretty 18yearold daughter patricia who grew up in paris. There are times in the welldiggers daughter, a onceuponatime french film about love, family and the seductive beauty of the provencal. The well diggers daughter 1940 a girl is pretty unclear son corn on behalf aunt she is not married the well diggers daughter is a french film directed by marcel pagnol and released in 1940. Watch the welldiggers daughter english subtitled prime video. The french critic andre bazin, who loved some pagnol if not the well diggers daughter, wrote that what americans admire in the movie is the freedom of the miseenscene in french. The welldiggers daughter is a french movie, remake of another famous french film of the 40s. To call the well diggers daughter an oldfashioned film is to pay it a compliment. French actor daniel auteuil makes a solid directorial debut with this story adapted from a pagnol novel though its perhaps. The welldiggers daughter, directed by daniel auteuil. This traditional french film tells the story of a complicated romance between a rich mans son and. But why did he have to choose something as creaky, dated and melodramatic as the welldigger s daughter, itself a remake of a 1940 movie of the. To call the well diggers daughter an oldfashioned film is to pay it a.