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| Yves Montand | ... | Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet' | |
| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Jean de Florette (as Gerard Depardieu) | |
| Daniel Auteuil | ... | Ugolin | |
| Elisabeth Depardieu | ... | Aimee Cadoret | |
| Margarita Lozano | ... | Baptistine | |
| Ernestine Mazurowna | ... | Manon Cadoret enfant | |
| Armand Meffre | ... | Philoxéne | |
| André Dupon | ... | Pamphile, le menuisier (as Andre Dupon) | |
| Pierre Nougaro | ... | Casimir | |
| Jean Maurel | ... | Anglade | |
| Roger Souza | ... | Ange | |
| Didier Pain | ... | Eliacin | |
| Pierre-Jean Rippert | ... | Pascal | |
| Marc Betton | ... | Martial | |
| Clement Cal | ... | Méderic | |
| Benedetto Bertino | ... | Giuseppe | |
| Marcel Champel | ... | Pique-Bouffigue | |
| Chantal Liennel | ... | Amandine | |
| Fransined | ... | Le fleuriste | |
| Marcel Berbert | ... | Le notaire | |
| Christian Tamisier | ... | Le docteur | |
| Jo Doumerg | ... | Le muletier |
Directed by | |||
| Claude Berri | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Claude Berri | adaptation | |
| Gérard Brach | adaptation (as Gerard Brach) | |
| Marcel Pagnol | novel | |
Produced by | |||
| Pierre Grunstein | .... | executive producer | |
| Alain Poiré | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Jean-Claude Petit | |||
Non-Original Music by | |||
| Giuseppe Verdi | (from opera "La Forza del Destino") | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Bruno Nuytten | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Noëlle Boisson | (as Noelle Boisson) | ||
| Sophie Coussein | |||
| Hervé de Luze | (as Herve De Luze) | ||
| Jeanne Kef | (as Jeanne Keff) | ||
| Arlette Langmann | |||
| Corinne Lazare | |||
| Catherine Serris | |||
Casting by | |||
| Marie-Christine Lafosse | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Bernard Vézat | (as Bernard Vezat) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Olivier Coutagne | |||
| François Dariani | |||
| Françoise Doré | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Sylvie Gautrelet | |||
Production Management | |||
| Jacques Allaire | .... | unit manager | |
| Frédéric Auburtin | .... | unit manager (as Frederic Auburtin) | |
| Olivier Austen | .... | unit manager | |
| Marie-Françoise Eugene | .... | unit manager | |
| Pascal Klein | .... | unit manager | |
| Jacky Lapointe | .... | unit manager | |
| Alain Olivieri | .... | unit manager | |
| Philippe Savournin | .... | unit manager | |
| Janou Shammas | .... | unit manager | |
| Roland Thénot | .... | production manager (as Roland Thenot) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Pascal Baeumler | .... | assistant director | |
| Xavier Castano | .... | assistant director | |
| Isabelle Henri | .... | assistant director (as Isabelle Henry) | |
| Emmanuel Touraille | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Jean-Pierre Cognard | .... | assistant decorator | |
| Jean Marc Druais | .... | assistant decorator (as Jean-Marc Druais) | |
| Thomas Godelle | .... | assistant decorator | |
| Marcel Laude | .... | property master | |
| Christian Marti | .... | assistant decorator | |
| Patrick Martin | .... | assistant decorator | |
| Christian Tamisier | .... | assistant decorator | |
Sound Department | |||
| Jocelyne Cartier-Stern | .... | dubbing (as Jocelyne Cartier) | |
| Bernard Chaumeil | .... | boom operator | |
| Pierre Gamet | .... | sound | |
| François Groult | .... | assistant sound mixer | |
| Dominique Hennequin | .... | sound | |
| Gérard Lamps | .... | sound recordist (as Gerard Lamps) | |
| Alain Lévy | .... | foley artist (as Alain Levy) | |
| Jacques Lévy | .... | dubbing (as Jacques Levy) | |
| Jérôme Lévy | .... | foley artist (as Jerome Levy) | |
| Eric Mauer | .... | sound editor | |
| Laurent Quaglio | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Jean-Luc Bezeau | .... | grip | |
| Louis Bihi | .... | electrician | |
| Bernard Brégier | .... | grip (as Bernard Bregier) | |
| Gerard Buffard | .... | grip | |
| Bernard Caroff | .... | electrician | |
| Rémy Chevrin | .... | assistant camera (as Remy Chevrin) | |
| Benoît Delhomme | .... | assistant camera (as Benoit Delhomme) | |
| Etienne George | .... | still photographer | |
| Franck Landron | .... | assistant camera | |
| Gilles Lienard | .... | electrician | |
| Pierre Novion | .... | assistant camera | |
| Georges Pierre | .... | still photographer | |
| Bernard Prim | .... | still photographer | |
| Gérard Rival | .... | grip (as Gerard Rival) | |
| Christian Weyers | .... | electrician | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Madeline Fontaine | .... | costumer | |
| Simone Leroy | .... | costumer | |
| Paule Mangenot | .... | costumer | |
| Gil Noir | .... | costumer | |
| Michèle Richer | .... | costumer (as Michele Richer) | |
| Catherine Taisson | .... | costumer | |
| Claudia Tenaglia | .... | costumer | |
Music Department | |||
| Maurice Guis | .... | musician: psalterion | |
| Jean-Claude Petit | .... | conductor | |
| Virginie Petit | .... | musical director | |
| Toots Thielemans | .... | musician: harmonica solo | |
Other crew | |||
| Michel Andre | .... | animal director | |
| Josée Bénabent-Loiseau | .... | press attache (as Josee Benabent Loiseau) | |
| Eve Brenner | .... | voice: "Madame" | |
| Bernard Bruna | .... | animal director | |
| Jean-Paul Camail | .... | location manager | |
| Frederic Fouille | .... | location manager (as Frederic Fouillé) | |
| Denise Henry | .... | production secretary | |
| Gilles Loutfi | .... | location manager | |
| Andre Pavon | .... | animal director | |
| Hélène Sebillotte | .... | script supervisor (as Helene Sebillotte) | |
| Tamara Setton | .... | administrator | |
| Colette Suder | .... | administrator | |
| Jackline Tolianker | .... | production secretary (as Jacqueline Tolianker) | |
| Dominique Trebert | .... | location manager | |
Thanks | |||
| Jacqueline Pagnol | .... | dedicatee | |
| Marcel Pagnol | .... | dedicatee | |
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Of all the French movies I've ever seen (and I've seen quite a bunch of them, let me tell ya) Claude Berri's "Jean de Florette" has to be one of the best if not the best. I saw this couple of times in the television some years ago and recently bought the DVD just to find out that this film seems to be excellent no matter how often and many times I decide to watch it.
"Jean de Florette" works in so many different levels. I love the breathtaking settings, beautiful French countryside - superterranean paradise. Actors are magnificent, Gérard Depardieu has a long and respected career in the cinema but if you ask me the role of Jean de Florette is truly the very greatest performance of his life. Yves Montand and Daniel Auteuil equally shine as the greedy and devious Soubeyrans.
Characters are simply incredible. Naturally audience immediately loves the hunchback. He's so warm, nice, sympathetic, unyielding and persistent yet jovial - truly the amiable hero of the story. However, no one can't help of loving those crooked rogues as well. They are so incomprehensibly mean it's definitely comical.
That's what makes "Jean de Florette" such a great and memorable experience. It's a very sad and tragic story but it makes you laugh a lot. In the same time it manages to be extremely cruel, funny and touching. This is exactly what movies are made of. It's safe to call "Jean de Florette" a perfection, powerful and stirring motion picture experience and a grand classic everyone should watch. 10/10.