One of the most moving French films will be turned into a TV series

The classic Manon des Sources will soon have a television adaptation. During the Marseille Séries Stories festival roundtable held last weekend in Marseille, Géraldine Jeandre, producer at Federation Studios, announced that she is developing a new adaptation of Hélène Cases (Lionceau Films) as a series. Marcel Pagnoli’s classic, which has already spawned two films.

Nicolas Pagnoli, grandson of the famous writer, to whom we are also indebted Glory to my father and My mother’s prison, supports this ambitious project. On the writing side, Angela Supe (HP) and Emmanuel Poulin-Arnaud (3615 Monique, An Unexpected Destiny) will handle the scripts. The latter will also be tasked with producing the episodes. At the moment, no broadcaster is attached to the project.

A shocking final scene

Manon des Sources is an adaptation of the second volume of the romantic diptych water from the mountains Written by Marcel Pagnol in 1963. The novel is divided into two parts: Jean de Floret and Manon of sources.

In 1952, Marcel Paniol made the film “Manon des sources” with his wife Jacqueline in the lead role. Only 10 years later, he decided to turn the story into novels.

In 1986, it was Claude Berry who decided to revive this story with Daniel Autel and Emmanuelle Béart (both César winners) in the lead roles. An adaptation that remains a classic today, especially thanks to its moving final scene.

And we have to believe that 2024 will be the year Manon of sources Since the musical, directed by Tristan Petitgirard, is also in the works. According to the information of our colleagues ParisianThe title character of this new adaptation, which we will be able to discover on March 8th in Marseille, then from April 4th at Le 13e Art Theater in Paris, will be played by the young actress Maë-Lingh Nguyen.