Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry, Andrex, Raymond Souplex, André Valmy, Henri Vilbert. Title and credits from screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. Based on the novel Manon Lescaut, by l'abbé Prévost. Full screen (1.37:1). Restored version done by Les films du jeudi. Special features: Bibliothèque de poche: H.G. Clouzot (an archival documentary from 1970 in which Clouzot talks of his love of literature and the relationship between the page and the screen) ; Woman in the dunes (a newly filmed video appreciation by film critic Geoff Andrew) ; image gallery.
Summary:
Manon is a village girl accused of collaborating with the Nazis, who is rescued from execution by a former French Resistance fighter. The couple move to Paris, but their relationship turns stormy as they struggle to survive. Eventually escaping to Palestine, the pair attempt a desert crossing in search of the happiness which seems to forever elude them.
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