Wild Fruit (1954)

5.7/10 94 min Drama

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.

Cast

Estella Blain

Maria Manzana

Jean-Pierre Bonnefous

José Manzana

Georges Chamarat

Manzana

Roger Dumas

Hans

Evelyne Ker

Christine Manzana

Jacques Moulières

Frédéric

Albert Rémy

Louis

Gérard Blain

(uncredited)

Palmyre Levasseur

(uncredited)

Recommendations

Élisa
The Young One
Street Flow 3
The Rays and Shadows
Out of Love
Red Soil
Love Me No More
Three Days and a Life
The Beasts
Kisses
Brotherly Love
Kompromat
Come Sunday
Farming
Adieu Philippine
The Nest
Brother
Lux Æterna
The Last Woman
God's Pocket