Wild Fruit

1h 34min

Drama

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

Nadile Basile

Nadile Basile

Françoise
Estella Blain

Estella Blain

Maria Manzana
Evelyne Ker

Evelyne Ker

Christine Manzana
Norbert Pierlot

Norbert Pierlot

The shepherd
Michel Reynald

Michel Reynald

Michel Manzana
Gérard Blain

Gérard Blain

(uncredited)
Palmyre Levasseur

Palmyre Levasseur

(uncredited)

Release date

29th Jan 1954

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français