La fille du puisatier (2011)
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| Original title | La fille du puisatier |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 107 minutes |
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| Director | Daniel Auteuil |
| script | Daniel Auteuil |
| production | Alain Sarde |
| music | Alexandre Desplat |
| camera | Jean-François Robin |
| cut | Joëlle Hache |
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La fille du puisatier (Eng. The Well Builder's Daughter ) is a French feature film by Daniel Auteuil from 2011. It is a remake of the 1940 film of the same name by Marcel Pagnol ; Pagnol's book on the film was published in 1941.
action
Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War in Provence : pilot Jacques Mazel, the son of the general goods dealer Mazel in the small village of Salon, meets the young Patricia Amoretti. She is the daughter of the local well builder Pascal Amoretti, but grew up in Paris. She returned to Salon three years ago because her mother died, leaving Pascal with five other daughters, the youngest of whom is barely four years old. Now she takes on the role of mother in the family and brings up her siblings, with sister Amanda being only a little younger than her. It is Patricia's 18th birthday when she meets Jacques. She has never had a boyfriend and reacts shyly when he carries her across the stream because she brings her father food to the construction site. Here she also meets Pascal's colleague Félipe Rambert, who loves Patricia. Although Pascal wants a suitable prince for his princess, he would also accept Félipe as a son-in-law, as he would know his daughter is nearby. Patricia is aware that Félipe loves her, but cannot reciprocate his feelings, especially since she knows that Amanda has fallen in love with Félipe. When Félipe invites her to an air show, she only agrees because Jacques will prove his skills on the show. Félipe introduces both of them and Jacques secretly makes an appointment with Patricia. She therefore pretends to want to visit a relative in town. Meanwhile, Félipe is preparing for his planned marriage proposal, but gets drunk without restraint. Patricia, in turn, is flabbergasted when Jacques kisses her in his room and flees. However, because the drunk Félipe cannot drive her home and the car does not start, he asks Jacques to bring Patricia home. Both end up in the field and sleep together. They arrange to meet at a small chapel the next day.
Jacques is called to the front immediately after his return home, he has to replace an injured comrade. He asks his mother to go to the chapel the next day and give Patricia a letter from him. She goes to the chapel, but burns the letter when she sees the poorly dressed Patricia. She, in turn, believes that Jacques never loved her. This is all the more tragic for her as she is pregnant by Jacques. When the war broke out, Félipe was also called to the front. Before leaving, he confesses his love to Patricia, but she reveals to him that she is expecting a child from another man. He would marry her anyway, but Patricia refuses. She confesses her pregnancy to her father and shortly afterwards he and all the children go to the Mazel family. However, they refuse to believe that Jacques could be the child's father. In order to save the rest of his daughters from shame, Pascal casts his daughter and the illegitimate child away. Patricia goes to Pascal's sister Mélanie, who is considered the black sheep of the family. Here she gives birth to her son, whom she calls André Pascal Amoretti.
Félipe comes back from the front and is expected by Amanda. Both secretly go to Patricia and visit her and the newborn. Before Pascal they claim to have been to the fair, but he quickly learns the truth and is beside himself with anger. The news that he has a grandson calms him down a bit, but it hurts his pride that the "bastard" bears his last name. He visits Patricia, but quickly succumbs to the charm of his grandchild. He takes Patricia and her son back into his family. The Mazels have since learned that Jacques' plane was shot down and that he did not survive the crash. Slowly they approach the Amoretti family to meet their grandson André. Pascal is gruff, fearing that both of them could take André away from him. One day Félipe appears at the Mazels' offices and tells them that Jacques is alive, and in fact he is waiting in the room for his parents and Patricia. Pascal's fear that the Mazels will now despise his family again does not come true. Jacques asks his parents for Patricia's hand and assures her that he really loves her. Félipe, in turn, has finally realized that Amanda is the right woman at his side and asks Pascal to be allowed to marry his second oldest daughter.
production
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La fille du puisatier was the directorial debut of Daniel Auteuil, who not only wrote the screenplay, but also played the leading role of the head of the family Pascal Amoretti. The film was shot mainly in Provence. The chapel scene was created at the Chapelle Saint-Sixte in Eygalières , the Salon-de-Provence train station was in the Brignoles train station, and the Mazel store was actually an old hardware store in Cavaillon , Vaucluse. According to its own information, Auteuil worked on the film for around 1.5 years.
La fille du puisatier was released in French cinemas on April 20, 2011 and was seen by 1,334,610 viewers. The film was released on DVD in France in October 2011. A publication in Germany has not yet taken place (as of October 2013).
Daniel Auteuil had his breakthrough as an actor in the late 1980s with the Pagnol works Jean Florette and Manons Rache . With La fille du puisatier he created a remake of a Pagnol film from 1940, whereby Pagnol also made a novel from his film in 1941. While the child André Pascal Amoretti is the grandson of Pascal in the film, it was in reality Auteuil's son Zachary.
criticism
The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "highly polished, wonderfully played story of love and class differences in the south of France," while the Washington Post found the film "resolutely and almost defiantly old-fashioned, but not necessarily in a bad way." Paris Match called the film wonderful and full of humanity, and stated that it would give Auteuil one of its most beautiful roles to date.
Positif criticized the fact that the film hardly arouses emotions and leaves the viewer indifferent, while other critics called the film "too academic" or criticized the fact that Pagnol's film was a work of its time, while Auteuil's interpretation was very close to Pagnol's work and therefore like " Disneyland in Provence, with the actors “lifted”.
Awards
Alexandre Desplat received a World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year in 2011.
Web links
- La fille du Puisatier in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laurence Gallois: Des lieux de tournages emblématiques à visiter . In: femmeactuelle.fr, accessed on October 16, 2013.
- ↑ Eric Libiot: Daniel Auteuil: "La concurrence, je m'en fous" . lexpress.fr, April 20, 2011.
- ↑ See La fille du puisatier on allocine.fr
- ^ "Polished, finely acted tale of love and class in the south of France." See Jordan Mintzer: The Well-Digger's Daughter (La fille du puisatier): Film Review . hollywoodreporter, April 26, 2011.
- ↑ "feels decidedly, almost defiantly, old-fashioned, but not necessarily in a bad way." Michael O'Sullivan: The Well Digger's Daughter (La fille du puisatier) . washingtonpost.com, July 27, 2012.
- ^ “Son film magnifique d'humanité, lui permet d'accéder à l'un de ses plus beaux rôles.” Alain Spira in Paris Match ( excerpt ).
- ↑ Olivier de Brun in Positif ( excerpt ).
- ↑ Caroline Vié in 20 Minutes ( excerpt ).
- ↑ "c'est Disneyland-en-Provence, animé par des comédiens désincarnés" Philippe Jambet: La fille du puisatier ( Memento of the original of October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . premiere, accessed October 16, 2013.
