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Jean de Florette
In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.
1986 · Directed by Claude Berri · 122 min · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
For some men, land and water are more precious than flesh and blood.
Crew
- Screenplay: Claude Berri, Gérard Brach
- Cinematography: Bruno Nuytten
- Edited by: Corinne Lazare, Jeanne Kef, Noëlle Boisson, Sophie Coussein
- Music: Jean-Claude Petit
- Production design: Bernard Vézat
Cast
- Yves Montand as César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
- Gérard Depardieu as Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
- Daniel Auteuil as Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
- Elisabeth Depardieu as Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
- Margarita Lozano as Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
- Ernestine Mazurowna as Manon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée
- Armand Meffre as Philoxène, mayor
- André Dupon as Pamphile, joiner
- Pierre Nougaro as Casimir
- Jean Maurel as Anglade, believer
Production
- Country: France
- Language: Italian, French
- Studios: DD Productions, Films A2, Renn Productions, Antenne 2
- Budget: $4,940,939
- Themes: france, based on novel or book, provence, greed, battle for power, source, neighbor, marcel pagnol, spring (water)
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