It is the sequel to Jean de Florette. It won an award in 1989 as the best french film. Time has passed, and Manon (Emmanuelle Beart) is now a beautiful young woman. Galinette (Auteuil) and his uncle Cesar (Montard) have greatly prospered from the fresh spring water and their carnations grow well. Galinette begins to turn towards ideas of love and steadily falls for the distant Manon. One day, Manon overhears the conversation of two locals about the vile action of Ugolin and Cesar and she plots revenge against the two men blocking the spring of the whole town. The film is an excellent travelogue of Provence, and it is slow, deliberate pacing enables you to envelop yourself in a story that unveils itself in its own sweet time. The film binds all the people in town in a wonderfully spun loop of love, hate, crime, guilt, vengeance, repentance, and the possibility of forgiveness. Both Montand and Auteuil gave unforgettable performances. Emmanuelle Beart was stunning as Manon. When this film ends, you will be devastated – and haunted forever by it.
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