Editing Manon Lescaut (section)

=== Film adaptations ===
[[File:When a Man Loves (1927) - 1.jpg|thumb|[[John Barrymore]] as des Grieux and [[Dolores Costello]] as Manon in [[When a Man Loves|''When a Man Loves'']] (1927)]]

''Manon Lescaut'' was adapted several times after the invention of film.<ref name=":1" /> These include a series of [[silent film]]s, the most prominent of which is the 1927 Hollywood adaptation titled ''[[When a Man Loves]]''.<ref name=":1" /> Early adaptations were [[Historical drama|period films]], set in the early eighteenth century;<ref name=":1" /> later film adaptations translate the novel's story to a contemporary setting.{{Sfn|Wyngaard|2019|p=467-9}} The 1949 film ''[[Manon (film)|Manon]]'' by [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]] depicts des Grieux as a member of the [[French Resistance]] and Manon as a [[Nazi collaborator]]; he and Manon enter the [[Black market in wartime France|black market]] and eventually stowaway to Palestine with a group of Jewish refugees.{{Sfn|Wyngaard|2019|p=467}}<ref name=":0" /> In ''[[Manon 70]]'' by [[Jean Aurel]], released in 1968 and set in the near-future of 1970, des Grieux is a globetrotting radio journalist who tags along with Manon's [[Sugar dating|sugar baby]] lifestyle;{{Sfn|Leichman|2017|pp=97}} instead of ending with Manon's tragic death, this film concludes with both Manon and des Grieux [[hitchhiking]].{{Sfn|Wyngaard|2019|p=467}} A pair of television miniseries directed by [[Jean-Xavier de Lestrade]] in 2014 and 2017 presents Manon as a contemporary young woman in a [[youth detention center]]{{Efn|More specifically, a ''{{interlanguage link|centre éducatif fermé|fr}}'', a French alternative for prison for minors.{{Sfn|Wyngaard|2019|p=467}}}} who is failed by social systems and lives precariously.{{Sfn|Wyngaard|2019|pp=467-9}}<!-- a survey of cinematic adaptations is in Alan J. Singerman, « Manon Lescaut au cinéma », dans Richard A. Francis et Jean Mainil (dir.), L'Abbé Prévost au tournant du siècle, Voltaire Foundation, 2000, p. 369-382. -->

==== List of films ====
* ''Manon Lescaut'' (1908), Italian silent film directed by Carlo Rossi<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manon Lescaut |url=http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/ManonLescaut1908.html |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Silent Era: Progressive Silent Film List}}</ref>
* ''[[Manon Lescaut (1914 film)|Manon Lescaut]]'' (1914), American silent film directed by H.H. Winslow<ref name=":0" />
* ''[[Manon Lescaut (1926 film)|Manon Lescaut]]'' (1926), German silent film directed by [[Arthur Robison]], with [[Lya de Putti]] and [[Marlene Dietrich]]<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ9OeNV7F-A |title=Manon Lescaut (1926) |date=2014-06-12 |last= |access-date=2025-02-17 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
* ''[[When a Man Loves]]'' (1927), American silent film directed by [[Alan Crosland]], with [[John Barrymore]] and [[Dolores Costello]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=When a Man Loves |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/13199 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=AFI{{!}}Catalog}}</ref>
* ''[[Manon Lescaut (1940 film)|Manon Lescaut]]'' (1940), Italian, directed by [[Carmine Gallone]], with [[Vittorio de Sica]] and [[Alida Valli]]<ref>Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television''. McFarland & Company, 2002. p. 242</ref>
* ''[[Manon (film)|Manon]]'' (1949), French, directed by [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]], with [[Michel Auclair]] and [[Cécile Aubry]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Romney |first=Jonathan |date=2019-06-20 |title=Manon on screen |url=https://operahollandpark.com/news/manon-on-screen/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Opera Holland Park |language=en-GB}}</ref>{{Sfn|Wyngaard|2019|p=467}}
*  ''[[The Lovers of Manon Lescaut]]'' (1954), French, directed by [[Mario Costa (director)|Mario Costa]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Amours de Manon Lescaut de Mario Costa (1955) |url=https://www.unifrance.org/film/4634/les-amours-de-manon-lescaut |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Unifrance}}</ref>
* ''[[Manon 70]]'' (1968), French, directed by [[Jean Aurel]], with [[Catherine Deneuve]] and [[Sami Frey]]{{Sfn|Leichman|2017|pp=93, 97}}{{Sfn|Wyngaard|2019|p=467}}
* ''Manon'' (1981), Japanese, directed by [[Yōichi Higashi]]<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manon |url=https://mubi.com/en/us/films/manon-1981 |website=MUBI}}</ref>
* [[:es:Manón_(película_venezolana)|''Manón'']] (1986), Venezuelan, directed by [[Román Chalbaud]], with [[Mayra Alejandra]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manon |url=https://www.3continents.com/en/film/manon/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Festival des 3 Continents}}</ref>
* ''Manon Lescaut'' (2013), French [[television film]], directed by [[Gabriel Aghion]], with [[Céline Perreau]] and [[Samuel Theis]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manon Lescaut |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/manon_lescaut_1926 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en}}</ref>{{Sfn|Wyngaard|2019|p=467}}
* ''3 x Manon'' (2014) and ''Manon, 20 years old'' ({{Langx|fr|Manon 20 ans}}) (2017), French television [[miniseries]] by [[Jean-Xavier de Lestrade]]{{Sfn|Wyngaard|2019|p=467}}