A widower, two kids, and a pond with a devil's name—what could go wrong?
Germain, a widower with two children, is thinking of remarrying for them. He leaves for the neighboring village, taking little Marie with him, who will work as a maid. He is to meet the widow Guérin, a nice catch. The little caravan wanders around the devil's pond. Seeing Marie's interest in the children, Germain decides to marry her.
Direction
Caron captures rural life with documentary warmth
Cinematography
The pond itself becomes a character
Director
Pierre Caron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on George Sand's 1846 novella, this adaptation arrived when rural pastoralism was already nostalgic.
1923 French cinema was pivoting from rural melodrama toward urban modernism—this film represents the last gasp of peasant romance.
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