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Jean de Florette (1986)

Jean de Florette (1986)

Drama

For some men, land and water are more precious than flesh and blood.

Release Date: 1986, August 27
Directors: Claude Berri
Countries: Switzerland, France, Italy
Production: D&D Productions, Films A2, Renn Productions, AMLF, RAI, TSR
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Daniel Auteuil, Didier Pain, Roger Souza, Yves Montand, Marc Betton, Elisabeth Depardieu, Jo Doumerg, André Dupon, Jean Maurel, Armand Meffre

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book france neighbor greed battle for power provence marcel pagnol source spring (water)