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| director = [[Marcel Pagnol]]
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| producer = Marcel Pagnol
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| screenplay = Marcel Pagnol
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| based on = ''[[Letters from My Windmill]]'' by [[Alphonse Daudet]]
| based_on = ''[[Letters from My Windmill]]'' by [[Alphonse Daudet]]
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'''''Letters from My Windmill''''' ({{Lang-fr|'''Les lettres de mon moulin'''}}) is a 1954 French comedy-drama film directed by [[Marcel Pagnol]], starring Rellys, [[Robert Vattier]], [[Fernand Sardou]] and [[Édouard Delmont]]. Set in the countryside of [[Provence]], the film is based on three tales from [[Alphonse Daudet]]'s 1869 short story collection ''[[Letters from My Windmill]]'': "The Three Low Masses", "The Elixir of Father Gaucher" and "The Secret of Master Cornille". It premiered on 5 November 1954 and had 2,399,645 admissions in France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=131132.html|title=Les Lettres de mon moulin|language=French|work=[[AlloCiné]]|publisher=Tiger Global|accessdate=2014-08-11}}</ref>
'''''Letters from My Windmill''''' ({{Langx|fr|'''Les lettres de mon moulin'''}}) is a 1954 French comedy-drama film directed by [[Marcel Pagnol]], starring [[Rellys]], [[Robert Vattier]], [[Fernand Sardou]] and [[Édouard Delmont]]. Set in the countryside of [[Provence]], the film is based on three tales from [[Alphonse Daudet]]'s 1869 short story collection ''[[Letters from My Windmill]]'': "The Three Low Masses", "The Elixir of Father Gaucher" and "[[The Secret of Master Cornille]]". It premiered on 5 November 1954 and had 2,399,645 admissions in France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=131132.html|title=Les Lettres de mon moulin|language=French|work=[[AlloCiné]]|publisher=Tiger Global|accessdate=2014-08-11}}</ref>


In 1968 Pagnol made a television film based on another story from the same collection, ''Le curé de Cucugnan''. Roger Crouzet was hired again and reprised his role as Daudet from ''Letters from My Windmill''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=131137.html|title=Le Curé de Cucugnan (TV)|language=French|work=[[AlloCiné]]|publisher=Tiger Global|accessdate=2014-08-11}}</ref>
In 1968 Pagnol made a television film based on another story from the same collection, ''Le curé de Cucugnan''. Roger Crouzet was hired again and reprised his role as Daudet from ''Letters from My Windmill''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=131137.html|title=Le Curé de Cucugnan (TV)|language=French|work=[[AlloCiné]]|publisher=Tiger Global|accessdate=2014-08-11}}</ref>
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==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
[[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Like everything done by [[Marcel Pagnol|M. Pagnol]], this collection of three little tales is full of the meat of human characters and the wine of the land from which they spring. It is spiced with the sharp and earthy humor that M. Pagnol has distilled from his long association with the Frenchmen who draw their life from her bare and rolling hills. And because of the way he shoots his pictures, in the buildings, streets and country of [[Provence]], it has an air of authenticity about it that makes one feel an immediate participant in his scenes."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|authorlink=Bosley Crowther|date=1954-12-19|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C00E0D91F3AEF34BC4152DFB467838E649EDE|title=French Treat; Pagnol's ''Letters From My Windmill'' Opens|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=2014-08-11}}</ref>
[[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Like everything done by [[Marcel Pagnol|M. Pagnol]], this collection of three little tales is full of the meat of human characters and the wine of the land from which they spring. It is spiced with the sharp and earthy humor that M. Pagnol has distilled from his long association with the Frenchmen who draw their life from her bare and rolling hills. And because of the way he shoots his pictures, in the buildings, streets and country of [[Provence]], it has an air of authenticity about it that makes one feel an immediate participant in his scenes."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|authorlink=Bosley Crowther|date=1954-12-19|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C00E0D91F3AEF34BC4152DFB467838E649EDE|title=French Treat; Pagnol's ''Letters From My Windmill'' Opens|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=2014-08-11}}</ref>


Brett Bowles, a Professor of French at [[Indiana University]], called it "incongruously burlesque."<ref name="brettbowles4">Brett Bowles, ''Marcel Pagnol'', Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 4</ref>
Brett Bowles, an Associate Professor of French at [[Indiana University]], called it "incongruously burlesque."<ref name="brettbowles4">Brett Bowles, ''Marcel Pagnol'', Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 4</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://en.marcel-pagnol.com/film-les-lettres-de-mon-moulin-letters-from,68.html ''Letters from My Windmill''] at marcel-pagnol.com
* [http://en.marcel-pagnol.com/film-les-lettres-de-mon-moulin-letters-from,68.html ''Letters from My Windmill''] at marcel-pagnol.com


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Letters from My Windmill
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMarcel Pagnol
Screenplay byMarcel Pagnol
Based onLetters from My Windmill by Alphonse Daudet
Produced byMarcel Pagnol
CinematographyWilly Faktorovitch
Edited byMonique Lacombe
Jeanne Rongier
Jacqueline Baltez
Music byHenri Tomasi
Release date
  • 5 November 1954 (1954-11-05)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Letters from My Windmill (French: Les lettres de mon moulin) is a 1954 French comedy-drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol, starring Rellys, Robert Vattier, Fernand Sardou and Édouard Delmont. Set in the countryside of Provence, the film is based on three tales from Alphonse Daudet's 1869 short story collection Letters from My Windmill: "The Three Low Masses", "The Elixir of Father Gaucher" and "The Secret of Master Cornille". It premiered on 5 November 1954 and had 2,399,645 admissions in France.[1]

In 1968 Pagnol made a television film based on another story from the same collection, Le curé de Cucugnan. Roger Crouzet was hired again and reprised his role as Daudet from Letters from My Windmill.[2]

Cast

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Prologue
"The Three Low Masses"
  • Henri Vilbert as Dom Balaguere
  • Marcel Daxely as Garrigou
  • Yvonne Gamy as The Old Woman
  • Keller as The Marquis
  • René Sarvil as The Chef
"The Elixir of Father Gaucher"
"The Secret of Master Cornille"
  • Édouard Delmont as Master Cornille
  • Roger Crouzet as Alphonse Daudet
  • Pierrette Bruno as Vivette

Critical reception

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Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote: "Like everything done by M. Pagnol, this collection of three little tales is full of the meat of human characters and the wine of the land from which they spring. It is spiced with the sharp and earthy humor that M. Pagnol has distilled from his long association with the Frenchmen who draw their life from her bare and rolling hills. And because of the way he shoots his pictures, in the buildings, streets and country of Provence, it has an air of authenticity about it that makes one feel an immediate participant in his scenes."[3]

Brett Bowles, an Associate Professor of French at Indiana University, called it "incongruously burlesque."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Les Lettres de mon moulin". AlloCiné (in French). Tiger Global. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  2. ^ "Le Curé de Cucugnan (TV)". AlloCiné (in French). Tiger Global. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  3. ^ Crowther, Bosley (1954-12-19). "French Treat; Pagnol's Letters From My Windmill Opens". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  4. ^ Brett Bowles, Marcel Pagnol, Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 4
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