> >Another good one. Nice and fresh. Lovely olive trees. I've > just read Jean de > >Florette and Manon des Sources for the first time, so now > whenever I see an > >olive tree I think of Galinette. > > Get those DVDs out please. You'll be whistling the tune for months. >
Already bought them. Read Jean de F then watched the film, watched Manon then watched the film. Books and films both great, but the books are even better than the films. The character of Ugolin, for example, is very much more developed in the books and he's a very sympathetic but pathetic character. And the quality of the writing is superb, although I had to run to my dictionary quite often for some of the obscure Provencal / Catalan and agriculture vocabulary. Killer fact: The actors who played Ugolin and Manon were partners for 10 years and married for 2. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
