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About
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.
Theatrical
Aug 27, 1987
Budget
$4.9M
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
DD Productions, Films A2, Renn Productions, Antenne 2
Original Language
French
Quotes
See all →Reflections on Jean de Florette's Struggles
Quotes about Jean de Florette
* Dan Jardine, in
[http://www.allmovie.com/movie/jean-de-florette-v25999/review review at AllMovie]
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Struggle and Optimism in Jean de Florette
Quotes about Jean de Florette
The plot of Jean de Florette is as melodramatic as any soap opera, but its treatment is just a little askew, just off-center enough for the film to evolve into a moving and powerful pastoral tragedy. The film is a naturalistic story about the dehumanizing effect of greed on a community and on the human soul. Watching the hunchbacked Jean de Florette (Gérard Depardieu) struggle against all odds to keep his small farm alive, maintaining to the bitter end his optimism and naïve faith in his reference books, is like watching ] make his daily toil up the hill.
[[w:Sisyphus|Sisyphus]
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The Water of the Hills Collection
Jean de Florette started as a two-part movie filmed in the Provence, it tells the tale of Jean and his family trying to start a new life.
Cast
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Yves Montand
César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
G
Gérard Depardieu
Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
D
Daniel Auteuil
Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
E
Elisabeth Depardieu
Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
M
Margarita Lozano
Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
A
Armand Meffre
Philoxène, mayor
A
André Dupon
Pamphile, joiner
P
Pierre Nougaro
Casimir
J
Jean Maurel
Anglade, believer
R
Roger Souza
Ange, hydrant man
D
Didier Pain
Eliacin
M
Marc Betton
Martial
M
Marcel Champel
Pique-Bouffigue
C
Chantal Liennel
Amandine, César Soubeyran's servant
F
Fransined
Florist
M
Marcel Berbert
Notary
J
Jo Doumerg
Muleteer
