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Jean de Florette
1986 7.7 (574 votes) 2h 1m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
DD Productions
Films A2
Renn Productions
AMLF
RAI
TSR

Jean de Florette

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

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.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Gérard Brach, Claude Berri

Director of Photography: Bruno Nuytten

Director: Claude Berri

Top Cast

Yves Montand
Yves Montand

César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'

Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Depardieu

Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette

Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil

Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet

Elisabeth Depardieu
Elisabeth Depardieu

Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean

Margarita Lozano
Margarita Lozano

Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave

Ernestine Mazurowna
Ernestine Mazurowna

Manon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée

Armand Meffre
Armand Meffre

Philoxène, mayor

André Dupon
André Dupon

Pamphile, joiner

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