Talk:Manon des Sources (1986 film)

message: What about the old 1952 Manon des Sources that Pagnol directed? --Burbster 00:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The old film 

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Aethandor (talk) 19:54, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
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message: I have removed the link from the mentioning of "the war" to the first world war, as it clearly wasn't this war being referred to. The film Jean de fleurette takes place shortly after the first world war when cesar is an old man and Jean arrives with a wife and a young daughter. Jean cannot really be less than 30 at this point although the film doesn't clearly state his age.
The war must have taken place in the late 19th century and so could have been the Sino-Franco war or the Franco-Dahomey war, but the film is vague on this issue. (Elephant53 13:05, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The War 

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message: Sorry to have to do this after all this fuss, but both sides of this debate are wrong. In French, unlike in English, only initial words and proper nouns are capitalised in book- and movie titles, just see:
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (France & French-related)#Works of art. I'm afraid the title's gonna have to be changed again, to Manon des sources (film). Lampman (talk) 22:33, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Au contraire, mon ami... il n'est pas simple:  Cop 663 (talk) 23:18, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right, easy mistake to make, even the French get it wrong sometimes. Lampman (talk) 03:12, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Everybody's wrong 

message: Jean is called Jean de Florette (although I can't recall if he is ever called like that in the movie) because the villagers, especially le Papet and Ugolin know Jean's mother, Florette, and not Jean who is a stranger. So the title is the point of view of the villagers, they know him as Jean de Florette.
Now Manon's father died when she was young and her mother is gone away. So she grew up in and then virtually belongs to the hills and its spring, so she is called Manon des sources (Manon of the spring).
If you take the liberty to change her name, then it should be Manon de Jean. In most cultures in the world, people are linked to the parents, and not to the grandmother: my name is Patrick, son of Henry, blabla.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Staarkali (talk • contribs) 15:36, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Her name is not Manon de Florette 

message: Jean is called Jean de Florette (although I can't recall if he is ever called like that in the movie) because the villagers, especially le Papet and Ugolin know Jean's mother, Florette, and not Jean who is a stranger. So the title is the point of view of the villagers, they know him as Jean de Florette.
Now Manon's father died when she was young and her mother is gone away. So she grew up in and then virtually belongs to the hills and its spring, so she is called Manon des sources (Manon of the spring).
If you take the liberty to change her name, then it should be Manon de Jean. In most cultures in the world, people are linked to the parents, and not to the grandmother: my name is Patrick, son of Henry, blabla.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Staarkali (talk • contribs) 15:38, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Her name is not Manon de Florette