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Harvest (1937)

★ 6.8/10 137 min Drama, Romance France French
Director: Marcel Pagnol
Writer: Jean Giono
Streaming: Not available

Description

In the 30s, a small village in the Provence is losing its inhabitants because young people prefer to go to the city to find easy jobs and escape from being farmers living in relative poverty. Only a few old people and the poacher Panturle remain. Panturle dreams of bringing the village back to life, finding a wife, founding a family and work as a farmer. One day, the village is visited by a traveling knife-grinder, Urbain Gedemus and a young woman, Arsule. Gedemus treats Arsule like a slave, but Arsule accept this because she has nowhere to go and -we guess- her 'work' with Gedemus is the last thing that saves her from being a prostitute. When she meets Panturle and knows about his dreams, she escapes from Gedemus and decides to stay with him. Together, they start a new life, made of hard farming work but mostly of happiness to have each other, fulfilling the earlier dreams of Panturle. Can anything break the happiness of their new life?

Top Cast

Fernandel
Fernandel Urbain Gedemus
Robert Le Vigan
Robert Le Vigan Sergeant De Sault
Marguerite Moreno
Marguerite Moreno Zia Mameche
Gabriel Gabrio
Gabriel Gabrio Panturle, le paysan d'Aubignane
Orane Demazis
Orane Demazis Mlle Irène alias « Arsule », la compagne d'Urbain
Henri Poupon
Henri Poupon le fermier ami de Panturle
Odette Roger Alphonsine
Milly Mathis
Milly Mathis Belline

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