Review of The Well Digger's Daughter (2011) by Dickie L — 29 Feb 2012

Donâ(TM)t expect anything groundbreaking here - but. Daniel Auteuilâ(TM)s directorial debut is just consummately competent in this tale of Provencal life and family around the outbreak of the Second World War in which he plays a Provencal rustic (unlike in his previous Provencal roles in the Jean de Florette diptych, he sports his own nose). Beautiful and often predictable, a period comedy with lots of â~Aaaahâ(TM) bits, I enjoyed this in a cinema which was entirely full â" a rarity for a French language film in an English provincial cinema.

OK, when I got to the cinema I met my friend Mark who asked what I had come to see (Borderlines Film Festival time). I said, âer, itâ(TM)s a bit embarrassing but, ok, The Well-diggerâ(TM)s Daughterâ?. But hell, it was gorgeous, totally enjoyable, and Iâ(TM)m sorry that you hadnâ(TM)t been able to get a ticket Mark.