Regain 1937

Synopsis:

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?

Directed by: Marcel Pagnol
Written by: Jean Giono
Runtime: 127 minutes
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 
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Also known as:
  • Harvest