Harvest

Harvest (1937)

DramaRomance

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?

Director: Marcel Pagnol

Casts

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

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