Harvest
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?
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Marcel Pagnol Director · Jean Giono Writer Willy Faktorovitch Cinematographer
United States release October 2, 1939 · Produced in France · Original title Regain
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Les Films Marcel Pagnol
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France
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Original title
Regain
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · October 28, 1937
Theatrical
United States · October 2, 1939
Theatrical
France
July 14, 2026 · TV · Paris Première
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