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The Well-Digger's Daughter: Directed by Daniel Auteuil. With Daniel Auteuil, Kad Merad, Sabine Azéma, Jean-Pierre Darroussin. 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Daniel Auteuil
The Well-Digger's Daughter (French: La Fille du puisatier) is a 2011 French Romantic Drama film. Daniel Auteuil makes his directorial debut as he stars alongside Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey , Kad Merad , Sabine Azéma , Jean-Pierre Darroussin , and Nicolas Duvauchelle .
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.
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Patricia, 18, is the oldest daughter of a well-digger, Pascal, who considers her a princess because of her moral qualities. She's kind, devoted. One day, she briefly meets a young man, Jacques, the son of Mazel, owner of the shop where her father buy his material.
Jul 16, 2012 · In counterpoint to his signature key of harried urbanity, Auteuil inhabits this unshaven peasant role with visceral authority, entertaining the suit of his genial assistant, Félipe (Kad Merad), to marry Pascale’s second-eldest daughter, Patricia (Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, an ingenue who delivers noble suffering with a minimum of contrivance).
