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Harvest

67 %|Oct 28, 1937|Drama, Romance

In the 30s, a small village in the Provence is losing its inhabitants because young people prefer to go to the city to find easy jobs and escape from being farmers living in relative poverty. Only a few old people and the poacher Panturle remain. Panturle dreams of bringing the village back to life, finding a wife, founding a family and work as a farmer. One day, the village is visited by a traveling knife-grinder, Urbain Gedemus and a young woman, Arsule. Gedemus treats Arsule like a slave, but Arsule accept this because she has nowhere to go and -we guess- her 'work' with Gedemus is the last thing that saves her from being a prostitute. When she meets Panturle and knows about his dreams, she escapes from Gedemus and decides to stay with him. Together, they start a new life, made of hard farming work but mostly of happiness to have each other - fulfilling the earlier dreams of Panturle. Can anything break the happiness of their new life?

Featured Crew

Marcel Pagnol
Director
Willy Faktorovitch
Director of Photography
Jean Giono
Writer
Suzanne de Troeye
Editor
Marcel Pagnol
Producer
Jeanne Rongier
Editor
Marius Brouquier
Art Direction

Cast

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Fernandel
Urbain Gedemus
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Robert Le Vigan
Sergeant De Sault
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Gabriel Gabrio
Panturle, le paysan d'Aubignane
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Orane Demazis
Mlle Irène alias « Arsule », la compagne d'Urbain
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Henri Poupon
le fermier ami de Panturle
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Odette Roger
Alphonsine
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Édouard Delmont
le père Gaubert, forgeron
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Charles Blavette
Jasmin Gaubert, le fils