Where to watch Jean de Florette(1986)

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Jean de Florette plot summary

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.

Details

Release date

August 27, 1986

Runtime

2h 2m

Genres

Drama

Directed by

Claude Berri

Country

France

TMDB rating

7.7 / 10 · 631 votes

Jean de Florette trailer

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Cast

• Yves MontandCésar Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
• Gérard DepardieuJean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
• Daniel AuteuilUgolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
• Elisabeth DepardieuAimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
• Margarita LozanoBaptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
• Ernestine MazurownaManon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée
• Armand MeffrePhiloxène, mayor
• André DuponPamphile, joiner
• Pierre NougaroCasimir
• Jean MaurelAnglade, believer

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