Jean de Florette (1986)

PG 121 minutes FR Drama

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

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.

Jean-Claude Petit

Original Music Composer

Noëlle Boisson

Editor

Sophie Coussein

Editor

Jeanne Kef

Editor

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Top cast

Yves Montand

César Soubeyran, dit 'le Papet'

Gérard Depardieu

Jean Cadoret, le bossu, fils de Florette

Daniel Auteuil

Ugolin Soubeyran, neveu du Papet

Elisabeth Depardieu

Aimée Cadoret, épouse de Jean

Margarita Lozano

Baptistine, la piémontaise de la grotte

Ernestine Mazurowna

Manon Cadoret, fille de Jean & Aimée

Armand Meffre

Philoxène, le maire

André Dupon

Pamphile, le menuisier

Pierre Nougaro

Casimir

Jean Maurel

Anglade, le croyant

Roger Souza

Ange, le fontainier

Didier Pain

Eliacin

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Production companies:

DD Productions, Films A2, Renn Productions, AMLF, RAI, TSR

Production countries:

France, Italy, Switzerland

Budget:

$4,940,939

Production crew

Jean-Claude Petit

Original Music Composer

Noëlle Boisson

Editor

Sophie Coussein

Editor

Jeanne Kef

Editor

Corinne Lazare

Editor

Catherine Serris

Editor

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Keywords

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avarice

based on novel or book

battle for power

neighbor

provence

source

spring (water)

Certificate:

PG (Some material may not be suitable for children under 10. These films may contain some mild language, crude/suggestive humor, scary moments and/or violence. No drug content is present. There are a few exceptions to this rule. A few racial insults may also be heard.)