What is The Well Diggers Daughter about?
A Frenchman finds himself stuck between honour and his love for his daughter when she gets in trouble with the rich son of a shopkeeper.
The Well-Digger’s Daughter/Film synopsis
How does the Well Digger’s Daughter end?
Jacques returns home, having escaped through neutral Switzerland, and learns that he has a son. His overjoyed parents call on Pascal to ask if he will forgive them and allow a marriage. He agrees if the couple agree. As their love is as strong as when they first met, the film ends happily.
Where is The Well Diggers Daughter set?
The Well-Digger’s Daughter is set and shot in the lush Alpilles area around Eygalières rather than in the much more arid landscapes of Pagnol’s native Aubagne that form the backdrop to Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources.
Is the well digger’s daughter based on a true story?
The screenplay by Auteuil is based on the 1940 film The Well-Digger’s Daughter written and directed by Marcel Pagnol. Contents. Plot. In the summer of 1914, Jacques Mazel, a 26 year-old pilot in the French Air Force and the only child of a wealthy shopkeeper, is fishing in a stream near his parents’ home.
How old is Jacques Mazel in the well digger’s daughter?
Jacques Mazel, a 26 year-old pilot in the French Air Force and the only child of a wealthy shopkeeper, is fishing in a stream near his parents’ home. On the bank appears 18 year-old Patricia Amoretti, eldest daughter of a widowed well-digger, who is taking lunch to her father, Pascal, and his employee, Félipe.
Who is the Dad in the well digger?
In a way it is the well digger, the dad played by Daniel Autueil who is the main character. He’s a familiar face (if not name) to those who have seen a few French films, and he’s wonderful.
Who was Pascal Amoretti in the well digger’s daughter?
Provence, the days before World War I. Rustic well-digger Pascal Amoretti, a widower, encourages fellow laborer Félipe Rambert to date his virgin eldest daughter Patricia, the only of his five who attended a Paris finishing school.
