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The books tell a tale of deception, betrayal and revenge, set in the hills of the massif de l'Étoile, near Pagnol’s home city of Marseille in southern France, in the early 20th century. It is adapted from Pagnol’s 1952 film Manon of the Spring, augmented with the prequel first part.
In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in.
Claude Berri’s masterful, multipart adaptation of “The Water of the Hills,” the two-volume novel by Marcel Pagnol, is one of the towering achievements of the French cinema. Spanning three generations in the lives of two rural families, these twin tragedies weave an absorbing, slow-burn epic of gr...
Jean de Florette [1986 film] by Claude Berri 67 copies, 1 review: Order: Movie 1: Manon of the Spring [1986 film] by Claude Berri 64 copies, 1 review: Order: Movie 2: Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring [double pack] by Claude Berri 30 copies: Order: Movies 1 & 2
Feb 27, 2010 · The water of the hills : Jean de Florette and Manon of the springs : two novels : Pagnol, Marcel, 1895-1974 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
The Water of the Hills. Two novels by Marcel Pagnol, published 1962. English translation by W.E. van Heyningen. Two films by Claude Berri, Orion Classics Releases, produced 1987. Review by Jenn.
The Water of the Hills (L'eau des Collines) is the collective name for two novels by Marcel Pagnol, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, both originally published in 1963 and first published in English in 1966, the latter translation under the title Manon of the Springs.
