Freshwater Film Club present ... The Well-Digger's Daughter (La Filled du Puisatier) (Fr / bw / 2011) (111 mins – col) Dir: Daniel Auteuil Cast: Daniel Auteuil & Astrid Berges-Frisbey

Set in the early days of WW1, this delightful love story, based on the 1940 film of the same name directed by Marcel Pagnol, is Auteuil’s debut as writer/director. He also happens to give a superb performance as the well-digger father of a young girl who falls in love with the pilot son of a wealthy town merchant and then finds herself pregnant after he suddenly leaves to join his Air Force regiment.

Young audiences might perhaps consider this film old-fashioned, but that’s exactly where its charm lies. It is beautifully photographed, enhanced by the dazzling light of Southern France, and fully explores the class differences that are so redolent of the period.

Season membership for the Freshwater Film Club is £21.00 per person, which covers all eight films. The entrance fee for an individual screening is £3.00 on the door.

We recommend that season membership of the club is obtained in advance of the first screening, by contacting Debra at Freshwater Memorial Hall. Tel; 01983 752956 [email protected]