Jean de Florette (1986)
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.
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Released 1986-08-27 · 122 min · Drama
Directed by Claude Berri
Part of The Water of the Hills Collection
Cast
- Yves Montand as César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
- Gérard Depardieu as Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
- Daniel Auteuil as Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
- Elisabeth Depardieu as Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
- Margarita Lozano as Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
- Ernestine Mazurowna as Manon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée
- Armand Meffre as Philoxène, mayor
- André Dupon as Pamphile, joiner
- Pierre Nougaro as Casimir
- Jean Maurel as Anglade, believer
- Roger Souza as Ange, hydrant man
- Didier Pain as Eliacin
- Pierre-Jean Rippert as Pascal, hydrant man
- Marc Betton as Martial
- Clément Cal as Méderic, bar boss
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