La Fille du puisatier
1940 Drama   

 

Credits
  • Director: Marcel Pagnol
  • Script: Marcel Pagnol, Herman G. Weinberg
  • Photo: Willy
  • Music: Vincent Scotto
  • Cast: Raimu (Pascal Amoretti), Fernandel (Félipe Rambert), Josette Day (Patricia Amoretti), Georges Grey (Jacques Mazel), Line Noro (Marie Mazel), Tramel (Maxime), Charles Blavette (Le teinturier), Milly Mathis (Nathalie), Marcel Maupi (Le commis), Clairette (Amanda Amoretti), Lucien Callamand (Le colonel), Fernand Charpin (Monsieur Mazel), Roberte Arnaud (Roberte Amoretti), Jean Heuzé (Le capitaine), Liliane (Isabelle Amoretti), Raymonde (Éléonore Amoretti), Rosette (Marie Amoretti)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 170 min; B&W
  • Aka: The Well-Digger’s Daughter

 
Summary
Pascal Amoretti and his assistant Felipe dig wells in the countryside of Provance.  Felipe is love with his employer’s eldest daughter, Patricia.  However, Patricia has met and fallen in love with a French officer, Jacques Mazel, son of a respectable trader in the area.  Shortly after Jacques has returned to his battalion, Patricia discovers that she is pregnant.  Rejected by her father, she wonders if she will ever she Jacques again...

Review
La Fille du puisatier is an engaging drama which exudes poignancy, primarily because of the excellent acting performances.  The film’s length (nearly three hours for the complete version) does make it a marathon affair which does dilute its impact.

Raimu is as powerful as ever as the apparently stubborn principled countryman, although, sadly, this was to be his final collaboration with Pagnol before his death in 1946.

© James Travers 2001



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