France Daniel Auteuill
Lovely, old-fashioned story taken from a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It's a cross-class romance set just before the start of WW1. Scenes and events unfold patiently - one careful step at a time - which gives the film a resonance missing in these hyper-quick-edited times.
Exterior scenes glowed with magic hour light. The innocence and naivete of the female lead may have been exaggerated but may also have represented the reality of rural France in that era. Her swain was presented as a selfish, heartless pig until the very last minute...a jarring note which came across as a flaw.
Still...I was willing to accept the resolution of the story because of all that had gone before. Akin to My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle. Wonderful stuff.
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