Manon des sources

Manon of the Spring (French: Manon des sources, pronounced [manɔ̃ de suʁs]) is a 1952 French two-part drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Jacqueline Pagnol, Raymond Pellegrin and Rellys. The diptych and the first film are both titled Manon of the Spring, while the second film is titled Ugolin. The titular protagonist is a young woman who lives near a village in rural Provence, where she is considered an outsider. As the story unfolds, it gradually reveals how Manon is taking her revenge on the man who tricked her family out of its property and on the community who let that happen. Ten years later, Pagnol adapted and expanded the story into the two-volume novel The Water of the Hills. The complete saga was adapted in 1986 as the films Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring.