Wild Fruit

Wild Fruit

Directed by	Hervé Bromberger
Written by	Jacques Berland François Boyer Hervé Bromberger Max Gallai
Based on	Notre rêve qui êtes aux cieux by Michel Durafour
Produced by	Georges Agiman Georges Lourau
Starring	Estella Blain Évelyne Ker Nadine Basile
Cinematography	Jacques Mercanton
Edited by	Mitzi d' Esterno
Music by	Joseph Kosma
Production companies	Filmsonor Les Films Agiman Les Films Odeon
Distributed by	Cinédis
Release date	29 January 1954 (1954-01-29)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Wild Fruit (French: Les fruits sauvages) is a 1954 French drama film directed by Hervé Bromberger and starring Estella Blain, Évelyne Ker and Nadine Basile. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and distributed by Cinédis.

Synopsis

Maria kills her father in order to stop him forcing her younger sister Christine into prostitution. The family flee to small village in Provence but are eventually tracked down by the police.

Cast

Estella Blain as Maria Manzana
Évelyne Ker [fr] as Christine Manzana
Marianne Lecène [fr] as Anna
Nadine Basile as Françoise
Jean-Pierre Bonnefous as José Manzana
Roger Dumas as Hans
Jacques Moulières as Frédéric
Michel Reynald as Michel Manzana
Talina Sauser as Lolita
Norbert Pierlot as Le berger
Marco Villa as Forgeau
Albert Rémy as Louis
Georges Chamarat as Manzana

Awards

1954 Locarno International Film Festival^[1]

Won: Golden Leopard

References

^ "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno International Film Festival. Retrieved 2011-08-17.

External links

Wild Fruit at IMDb

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