L'eau vive (1958)
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Cast
Pascale Audret, Charles Blavette, Andrée Debar, Henri Arius, Milly Mathis, Hubert de Lapparent
After a landowner’s death makes his young daughter Hortense a wealthy heiress, some relatives scheme to take her fortune.
The story
The Durance Valley is being redeveloped for construction of the Serre-Ponçon Dam when a landowner dies, leaving his young daughter Hortense the sole heir to 30 million francs in expropriation compensation. Her wealth draws the greed of some family members, who try various schemes—from seduction to violence—to get control of her fortune. The story sets Hortense’s inheritance and the relatives’ efforts to claim it against the changing valley.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In the Durance Valley, which is being redeveloped because of the construction of the Serre-Ponçon Dam, the death of a landowner makes his young daughter Hortense the sole heir to the 30 million francs paid in compensation for the expropriation of his land. The minor’s wealth arouses the greed of certain members of her family. They resort to every possible scheme, from seduction to violence, in an attempt to get their hands on her fortune. But Hortense, as freedom-loving as the Durance’s rushing waters, always slips through their fingers, ultimately finding peace with her beloved uncle, Simon the shepherd.
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