Wild Fruit

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.

• Release date
• January 29, 1954
• Runtime
• 94 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Hervé Bromberger

Cast

N

Nadile Basile Françoise Estella Blain Maria Manzana Jean-Pierre Bonnefous José Manzana Georges Chamarat Manzana Roger Dumas Hans Evelyne Ker Christine Manzana

M

Marianne Lecène Anna Jacques Moulières Frédéric