This French film, adapted from a successful novel, which marked an entire generation, will be entitled to a new iteration, this time in the form of a series.
The classic Manon des Sources will soon have a television adaptation. During a round table as part of the Marseille Séries Stories festival, which was held last weekend in the Marseille city, Géraldine Gendre, producer at Federation Studios, announced that she was developing a new adaptation with Hélène Cases (Lionceau Films). in serial form of Marcel Pagnol’s classic, which has already given rise to two films.
Nicolas Pagnol, the grandson of the famous writer to whom we also owe The glory of my father And My mother’s castle, supports this ambitious project. On the writing side, Angela Soupe (HP) and Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud (3615 Monique, An Unexpected Destiny) will take care of the scenarios. The latter will also be in charge of producing the episodes. For the moment, no broadcaster is attached to the project.
A shocking final scene
Manon des Sources is the adaptation of the second volume of the romantic diptych Water from the hills written by Marcel Pagnol in 1963. The novel is divided into two parts: Jean de Florette And Manon of the sources.
In 1952, Marcel Pagnol directed the film Manon des sources with his wife Jacqueline in the lead role. It was only 10 years later that he decided to develop the story into novels.
In 1986, it was Claude Berri who decided to resurrect this story with Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuel Béart (both César winners) in the main roles. An adaptation which still remains a classic today, notably thanks to its moving final scene.
And we have to believe that 2024 will be the year Manon of the sources since a musical, directed by Tristan Petitgirard, is also in preparation. According to information from our colleagues at Parisianit is the young actress Maë-Lingh Nguyen who will play the title character of this new adaptation which we will be able to discover on March 8 in Marseille, then from April 4 at the Le 13e Art theater, in Paris.