The Well Diggers Daughter- Magic Lantern Film Club Sunday 12th May 7 pm
La fille du puisatier In 1930s southern France, a father is torn between his sense of honor and his deep love for his daughter when she gets in trouble with the wealthy son of a shopkeeper. Run time 109 mins. French with subtitles
Date
12 May 2024, 19:00 – 21:00 BST
Tisbury, 5 Park Rd, Tisbury, Salisbury SP3 6LE, UK
About
Aadapted from the novel by Marcel Pagnol. and set around the second world war, Daniel Auteuil plays Pascal, a digger and cleaner of wells: he is a greying widower and the father of a number of daughters. The most beautiful of these is the 18-year-old Patricia who is being courted by Pascal's heartbreakingly humble, middle-aged mate Félipe. But she is to be romanced and ruined by a wealthier, handsome, unreliable young man.
Doors open 6.30 pm. Bar available