1980s-french-films

"Francine Racette - Mme Quentin (Julien's mother)"

"Gaspard Manesse - Julien Quentin"

"I don't mean to shock you but only remind you that charity is a Christian's first duty. St. Paul tells us in today's Epistle, "Brothers, be not wise in your own conceits. Do not repay any man evil for evil. If thine enemy hunger, feed him. If he thirst, give him drink." Let us pray for the hungry, for those who suffer, for the persecuted. Let us pray for the victims and for their executioners as well."

"Joseph: Stop acting so pious. There's a war going on, kid."

"Benoît Henriet - Ciron"

"Pascal Rivet - Boulanger"

"Peter Fitz - Dr. Müller, Gestapo leader"

"François Négret - Joseph (kitchen helper)"

"Irène Jacob - Mlle Davenne"

"François Berléand - Father Michel/Père Michel"

"Philippe Morier-Genoud - Father Jean/Père Jean"

"Stanislas Carré de Malberg - François Quentin (Julien's older brother)"

"Raphaël Fejtő - Jean Kippelstein, alias "Jean Bonnet""

"I'm the only one in this school that thinks about death. It's incredible!"

"Are there wolves in these woods?"

"Worldly wealth corrupts souls and withers hearts. It makes men contemptuous, unjust, pitiless in their egoism. I understand the anger of those who have nothing when the rich feast so arrogantly."

"My message today is especially for the youngest among you who will be confirmed in a few weeks. My children, we live in a time of discord and hatred. Lies are all-powerful. Christians kill one another. Those who should guide us betray us instead. More than ever, we must beware of selfishness and indifference. You're all from wealthy families, some very wealthy. Because you've been given much, much will be asked of you."

"Mme Quentin: You think I like this? I miss you every moment. I'd like to dress up as a boy and join you. I'd see you at school every day. It'd be our secret. You know I can't keep you in Paris with me."

"François Quentin: Be nice. I'll lend you my "Arabian Nights". It'll give you a hard-on."

"[His last words] Goodbye, children. I'll see you soon."

"Damien Salot - Dupré"

"Arnaud Henriet - Negus"

"Xavier Legrand - Babinot"

"Richard Leboeuf - Sagard"

"[first lines; examining bear tracks] That's a huge male; bet he's more'n fifteen hundred pounds."

"You see, I don't like to ask folks questions; everyone has a secret side. By God, that's the way it should be."

"[speaks to the bear cub] I... Tom."

"[last lines; shooing the bear cub away] Good luck, little fella."

"Bart the Bear as The Kodiak Bear"

"Youk the Bear as The Bear Cub"

"Tchéky Karyo as Tom"

"Jack Wallace as Bill"

"Andre Lacombe as The dog hunter"

"There is something to be said for a long story that unfolds with an inexorable justice. In recent movies we've become accustomed to stories that explode into dozens of tiny dim-witted pieces of action, all unrelated to each other. Cars hurtle through the air, victims are peppered with gunshot holes, heroes spit out clever one-liners, and at the end of it all, what are we left with? Our hands close on empty air. Manon of the Spring, which is the conclusion of the story that began with Jean de Florette, is the opposite kind of movie. It moves with a majestic pacing over the affairs of four generations, demonstrating that the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children. Although Manon is self-contained and can be understood without having seen Jean de Florette, the full impact of this work depends on seeing the whole story, right from the beginning; only then does the ending have its full force."

"There's no gold here. It's Jurassic cretaceous from the second Quaternary era."

"I won't help those who stole my father's water! … The truth is the spring was always there! The truth is you blocked it off!"

"Aren't you Manon, the daughter of Monsieur Jean? I see you don't remember me. That's because I've changed a lot. I'm Ugolin — your poor father's friend. You've changed too. You're a real young lady. I hardly recognize you."

"I love you, Manon. I love you with all my heart! Manon! I want to marry you! I'm all alone! I've got no-one! My grandparents are dead. My father hanged himself when I was little. My mother died of the flu. There's only Uncle Papet! He's rich, he's old. He's going to die. He's going to leave me all his money. It'll be yours, because I love you. I love you! I am sick for the love of you. It's suffocating me! I saw you bathing in the rainwater. I watched for hours. You were so lovely. I was tempted to commit a crime!"

"What a terrible mixture between my remorse and the happiness I'd like to bring you. Don't you know how I'll slave for you, my love?"

"Papet, I'm leaving because I can't go on. It's not the carnations. It's because of my love. I realize she'll never want me. I suspected it because her ribbon burned my flesh. And when I told her in public I wanted to marry her she spat at me in a fury. What's more, she fled towards the teacher. When he talks to her, she lowers her eyes. When he stops, she lingers until he continues. And he takes her love for granted. He's unaware of his happiness, but I know my misery. I can't stand it. I'd like to kill him. But it would hurt her, and I'd never hurt her. I leave her my farm and all that's hidden — you know where — to the left of the fireplace. Don't make any trouble. It's not her fault or yours. It's fate. Arrange a Mass for me, because up there, I'll have to explain about the spring. Adieu, my Papet. I'm sorry to leave you, but I can't stay."

"Dear little Manon, The notary will tell you that I'm leaving you my whole estate. It may surprise you, but it's the truth. The lawyer will give you all the documents because your father was my son. He was the Soubeyran I'd hoped for all my life, whom I tormented to death because I didn't know who he was. If I had told him about the spring, he'd still be playing his harmonica, and you'd all be living in our family home. No one knows it, but I'm too ashamed to face anyone, even the trees. In the village, there's a person who knows. She will tell you everything. It's Delphine, the old blind woman. She'll explain that it's all because of Africa. I don't deserve to kiss you, and I never dared speak to you, but maybe now you can forgive me and even say a little prayer for poor Ugolin and me. I'm so pathetic, I even pity myself. Out of sheer spite, I never went near him. I never knew his voice or his face. I never saw his eyes, which might have been like his mother's. I only saw his hump and the pain I caused him. Now you understand why I want to die, because next to my torments, even hell would be a pleasure. Besides, I'll see him up there. I'm not afraid of him. Now he knows he's a Soubeyran. He's no longer a hunchback because of me. He knows it was all a foolish mistake. I'm sure that instead of blaming me, he'll defend me. Farewell, my darling girl. Your grandfather, César Soubeyran"

"Emmanuelle Béart - Manon"

"Yves Montand - César Soubeyran, "Le Papet""

"Daniel Auteuil - Ugolin"

"Hippolyte Girardot - Bernard Olivier"

"Margarita Lozano - Baptistine"

"Yvonne Gamy - Delphine"

"Gabriel Bacquier and Eve Brenner - Singers at the wedding"

"Revenge, love, and the shocking irony of a hidden family relationship highlight this sequel to the acclaimed Jean de Florette. Although Manon des Sources can stand alone as a separate motion picture, viewers will gain a deeper understanding of it if they view Florette first. Both films, masterpieces of modern French cinema, owe their plots to Marcel Pagnol's novel L'Eau des Collines."

"Montand's plot against the hunchback was incredibly cruel, but the movie was at pains to explain that Montand was not gratuitously evil. His most important values centered on the continuity of land and family, and in his mind his plot against Depardieu was justified by the need to defend the land against an "outsider." As Manon of the Spring opens, some years later, the unmarried and childless Montand is encouraging his nephew to find a woman and marry, so that the family name can be continued. The nephew already has a bride in mind: the beautiful Manon (Emmanuelle Beart), daughter of the dead man, who tends goats on the mountainside and lives in poverty, although she has received a good education."