Manon des Sources
Manon des Sources
Manon of The Spring
DVD in French with English and Spanish subtitles.
A complete French lesson plan for Manon des Sources — ready to open and teach.
Claude Berri's 1986 sequel to Jean de Florette is where justice finally arrives — slowly, painfully, and on its own schedule. Manon, the daughter of the hunchback who was destroyed by Pagnol's Provençal villagers, has grown up wild on the hillside. When she finds the means of revenge, she takes it without hurry. The Provençal landscape is almost another character, and Yves Montand's final scene is one of the most quietly shattering in French cinema.
Good films have natural moments — a powerful scene, a cultural encounter, a shift in the story — where the language and meaning come together. This plan identifies those moments in Manon des Sources and builds a lesson around each one. For every scene, you get vocabulary and cultural notes, comprehension activities, and communicative tasks your students can work through in class or independently. A pre-film warm-up gets them ready before the first screening.
Everything is included: the teacher's guide, student worksheets in French, and an answer key.
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📅 Teach it when it counts
- Provence / Southern France units: Landscape, dialect, and rural culture make this ideal for regional France study.
- Ethics and justice discussions: The film's slow, structural revenge is more morally complex than any courtroom drama.
- Paired with Jean de Florette: Teaching both creates a complete two-part narrative arc — rare in the classroom.
Language: French | Director: Claude Berri | Year: 1986
Level: Intermediate | Format: Downloadable PDF — instant delivery
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Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil
Audio: DVD in French with English and Spanish subtitles.
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