The Well-Digger’s Daughter
Twenty-five years after rising to international acclaim in Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring, Daniel Auteuil returns to the world of Marcel Pagnol for his first work as director with this celebrated remake of the 1940s classic.
Auteuil stars as the eponymous well-digger Pascale, a widower living with his six daughters in the Provence countryside at the start of World War I. His eldest, Patricia (the luminous Astrid Bergès-Frisbey), has returned home from Paris to help raise her sisters, and Pascale dreams of marrying her off to his loyal assistant Felipe (Kad Merad). But when she's impregnated by a wealthy young pilot (Nicolas Duvauchelle) who promptly abandons her for the frontlines, Pascale is left to contend with the consequences.
An exquisitely crafted, sun-drenched melodrama, set to a score by Academy Award-nominee Alexandre Desplat (The King's Speech), the film captures all the warmth and humanist spirit of Pagnol's original work.
FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 12 engagements
- CameoFri, Oct 19 – Fri, Oct 19, 2012 · 1 day
- CameoWed, Sep 12 – Fri, Sep 14, 2012 · 3 days
- ClaremontClaremont 5Sat, Aug 11 – Sun, Sep 9, 2012 · 4 weeks
- EncinoTown Center 5Sat, Aug 18 – Sun, Sep 9, 2012 · 3 weeks
- PasadenaPlayhouse 7Sat, Aug 18 – Sun, Sep 9, 2012 · 3 weeks
- Santa MonicaMonica Film CenterSat, Sep 8 – Sun, Sep 9, 2012 · 2 days
- Beverly HillsLumiere Music HallFri, Aug 10 – Thu, Sep 6, 2012 · 4 weeks
- EncinoTown Center 5Fri, Jul 27 – Thu, Aug 16, 2012 · 3 weeks
- PasadenaPlayhouse 7Fri, Jul 27 – Thu, Aug 16, 2012 · 3 weeks
- Fallbrook 7Fri, Aug 3 – Thu, Aug 9, 2012 · 1 week
- Santa MonicaMonica Film CenterFri, Jul 27 – Thu, Aug 9, 2012 · 2 weeks
- Roadium Drive-InFri, Jul 27 – Thu, Aug 2, 2012 · 1 week