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Wild Fruit (1954)
Directed by Hervé Bromberger
Overview
Lyon, 1953. Maria Manzana is the oldest of a family with five children and the only one who has a job. Maria’s mother is deceased and her father is regularly drunk and violent. One evening when he wants to beat his daughter Christine, Mary helps her sister and accidentally she kills her father. At Maria’s advice the family would prefer to flee. Anna, the girlfriend of Mary’s brother Michael, accompanies them. Michael doesn’t want to leave her behind. A friendly trucker brings Mary and her company to the south. The group then walks on deserted roads to a village, that was abandoned more than 25 years ago due to lack of water.
Length 94 minutes
Actors
Nadile Basile | Estella Blain | Jean-Pierre Bonnefous | Georges Chamarat | Roger Dumas | Evelyne Ker | Marianne Lecène | Jacques Moulières | Norbert Pierlot | Michel Reynald | Albert Rémy | Talina Sauser | Marco Villa | Gérard Blain | Palmyre Levasseur