The Well Digger's Daughter (2012)
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90% of critics liked it
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70% of users liked it
(3,270 ratings)
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… More 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. -- (C) Kino Lorber
- Directed By
- Daniel Auteuil
- Written By
- Daniel Auteuil, Marcel Pagnol
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 20, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Kino Lorber Films
Critic Reviews
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Tom Long, Detroit News
"The Well-Digger's Daughter" isn't a mind-blower; it's not supposed to be. It's a light lunch with an old friend whom it's good to see again.
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Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
Auteuil's direction is a lot like his acting -- well-mannered and likable, yet staid and ultimately inconsequential.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
To call "The Well Digger's Daughter" an old-fashioned film is to pay it a compliment. Here is a love story embedded in traditional values.
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Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
It's classical moviemaking of a sort rarely seen now, a love story of surprising joy with rounded, flawed but humane characters.
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John Anderson, Newsday
What resonates is a sense of humanity that sometimes gets lost in films with less regard for traditional storytelling, or respect for simple emotion.
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Cast
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Daniel Auteuil
as Pascal Amoretti, The Well-Digger
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Kad Merad
as Felipe, Felipe Rambert
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Sabine Azéma
as Mme. Mazel, Mrs. Mazel
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Jean-Pierre Darroussin
as M. Mazel, Mazel
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Nicolas Duvauchelle
as Jacques, Jacques Mazel
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Astrid Bergés-Frisbey
as Patricia, Patricia Amoretti
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Emilie Cazenave
as Amanda
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Marie-Anne Chazel
as Nathalie
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Coline Bosso
as Isabelle
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Chloe Malarde
as Marie
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Brune Coustellier
as Leonora
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Ilona Porte
as Roberte
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Jean-Louis Barcelona
as Clerk
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Patrick Bosso
as Waiter
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François-Eric Gendron
as Captain
