Wild Fruit ( 1954 )

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Nadile Basile

Françoise

Estella Blain

Maria Manzana

Jean-Pierre Bonnefous

José Manzana

Georges Chamarat

Manzana

Roger Dumas

Hans

Evelyne Ker

Christine Manzana

Marianne Lecène

Anna

Jacques Moulières

Frédéric

Norbert Pierlot

The shepherd

Michel Reynald

Michel Manzana

Albert Rémy

Louis

Talina Sauser

Lolita

Marco Villa

Forgeau

Gérard Blain

(uncredited)

Palmyre Levasseur

(uncredited)