Manon Lescaut

Apr 20, 2013

1h 31m

★ 2.9

Overview

There is nothing we can do against the call of love. Amiens, 1713. Des Grieux is a noble young student, wise for his years, who's preparing to become a knight of the Order of Malta. With a fine future as a teacher of rhetoric ahead of him, he meets a young commoner, Manon Lescaut, a candle maker's daughter. It's love at first sight.

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Manon Lescaut

Céline Perreau

Le Chevaliers Des Grieux

Samuel Theis

Christian Lescaut

Xavier Gallais

Le fils de Tonnerre

Laurent Stocker

Henriette

Ornella Boulé

Portier Salpetriere

Pascal Henault

Monsieur Girardin de Matois

Robert Hirsch

Tiberge

Pierre Moure

La servante

Fleur Lise Heuet

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