Tuesday 18 December 2012

Manon des Sources
[Manon of the Spring;
Jean de Florette II]
(1986)

RATING:80%
FORMAT:Cinema



A sequel that's better than the original because it ties up all the loose ends and because the acting is more intuitive and instinctive: A superior soap opera in every way. Yves MONTAND is particularly great as he and the others convey emotion by gesture and expression rather than by dialog; helping make this a truly visual, rather than wordy, treat.

A tale of sexual jealousy and revenge that only a woman could concoct since it requires little effort on her behalf and exploits the weaknesses of those who would wish her family harm. Moreover, the strikingly-beautiful Emmanuelle BEART makes it all seem so reasonable, somehow. The underlying theme concerns the difference between those who choose to love gold and find that this renders them lonely in their self-destructive insularity - and those who do not. In this regard, Daniel AUTEUIL is particularly fine as a man torn up by loving emotions that he never felt from his own family for the girl he so cruelly-wronged.


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