Top Cast
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Jacqueline Pagnol
Manon des sources
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Rellys
Ugolin
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Raymond Pellegrin
Bernard, l'instituteur
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Henri Poupon
Le Papet
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Robert Vattier
M. Belloiseau, le retraité
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Fernand Sardou
Philoxène, le maire
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Henri Vilbert
Le curé
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Charles Blavette
Pamphile, le menuisier
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Milly Mathis
Amélie, la femme de Pamphile, le menuisier
Overview
Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.
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