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2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 49 m

2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 49 m

Summary Eponymous well-digger, Pascale, is a widower living with his six daughters in the Provence countryside at the start of World War I. His eldest, Patricia, has returned home from Paris to help raise her sisters, and Pascale dreams of marrying her off to his loyal assistant Felipe. But when she's impregnated by a wealthy young pilot who pro...

Directed By: Daniel Auteuil

Written By: Marcel Pagnol, Daniel Auteuil

2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 49 m

2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 49 m

The Well Digger's Daughter

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews

67

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

7.2

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Summary Eponymous well-digger, Pascale, is a widower living with his six daughters in the Provence countryside at the start of World War I. His eldest, Patricia, has returned home from Paris to help raise her sisters, and Pascale dreams of marrying her off to his loyal assistant Felipe. But when she's impregnated by a wealthy young pilot who pro...

Directed By: Daniel Auteuil

Written By: Marcel Pagnol, Daniel Auteuil

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews

82% Positive
14 Reviews

18% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews

82% Positive
14 Reviews

18% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 3, 2012

The Well Digger's Daughter is such a success that Auteuil has already been signed to direct three more Pagnol classics, and I eagerly want to see them.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

Jul 20, 2012

The Well-Digger's Daughter offers a fervent poem to the region's abundant beauty.

By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Aug 17, 2012

The Well-Digger's Daughter is perhaps a bit too sentimental. But the performances are so heartfelt that its occasional excesses are easily forgiven. In a movie summer too often obsessed with things that go boom, this film is all about romance.

By Calvin Wilson FULL REVIEW

Entertainment Weekly

Jul 18, 2012

The Well-Digger's Daughter pushes a number of nostalgia buttons at once, most of them pleasing.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

Jul 26, 2012

Say this for Auteuil: He has a sense of movie history. The closing credits include the equivalent of an Easter egg for lovers of film and especially for lovers of French film.

By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW

Jul 16, 2012

Ultimately comes off as curiously anecdotal, lacking the dramatic dynamism that could give Marcel Pagnol's tale new life.

By Bill Weber FULL REVIEW

Jul 17, 2012

Bergès-Frisbey and Duvauchelle make for a deliciously ripe pair - their cheekbones defy both gravity and sound facial architecture - but Auteuil is less interested in young lust than old world values.

By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

80% Positive
4 Ratings

20% Mixed
1 Rating

0% Negative
0 Ratings

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User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

80% Positive
4 Ratings

20% Mixed
1 Rating

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company Les Films Alain Sarde, Zack Films, Pathé, TF1 Films Production, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Banque Postale Image 4, Cofimage 22, Uni Étoile 8, Banque Populaire Images 11, Cinémage 5

Release Date Jul 20, 2012

Duration 1 h 49 m

Rating Not Rated

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Awards

World Soundtrack Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Chicago European Union Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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