Friday 10th February 2012- THE WELL DIGGER’S DAUGHTER

Dir: Daniel Auteuil | France | 2011 | 109 mins

Acclaimed French actor Daniel Auteuil (Conversations with my Gardener) has chosen a Pagnol adaptation for his new directorial debut feature set in 1940s Provence. Auteuil also stars as the wily, characterful Pascal Amoretti, a well-digger raising his six daughters alone after the death of his wife; with the stunning, accomplished 18-year-old Patricia (Astrid Bergès-Frisbey) perhaps his favourite. But his hopes for her are disappointed when she discovers she is pregnant just as her boyfriend Jacques, the son of a local hardware salesman, is sent off to fight in WW2. Jacques’ wealthy family refuse any contact with Patricia; and Pascal, proud and stubborn, faces hard choices about how best to help her.