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77% Critic Match
Jean de Florette
“For some men, land and water are more precious than flesh and blood.”
7.7 / 10• 1986• 2h 2m•PG• French
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Yves Montand
César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
Lead
Gérard Depardieu
Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
Daniel Auteuil
Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
Elisabeth Depardieu
Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
Margarita Lozano
Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
Ernestine Mazurowna
Manon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée
Armand Meffre
Philoxène, mayor
André Dupon
Pamphile, joiner
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Claude Berri's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Jean de Florette is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
