A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
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Cast
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| Yves Montand | ... | Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet' | |
| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Jean de Florette (as Gerard Depardieu) | |
| Daniel Auteuil | ... | Ugolin | |
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Elisabeth Depardieu | ... | Aimee Cadoret |
| Margarita Lozano | ... | Baptistine | |
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Ernestine Mazurowna | ... | Manon Cadoret enfant |
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Armand Meffre | ... | Philoxéne |
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André Dupon | ... | Pamphile, le menuisier (as Andre Dupon) |
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Pierre Nougaro | ... | Casimir |
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Jean Maurel | ... | Anglade |
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Roger Souza | ... | Ange |
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Didier Pain | ... | Eliacin |
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Pierre-Jean Rippert | ... | Pascal |
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Marc Betton | ... | Martial |
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Clement Cal | ... | Méderic |
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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, so are dismayed to hear 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. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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water | country vs city cultures | conspiracy | water rights | provence |Genres:
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FrenchRelease Date:
28 August 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$4,940,939Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$4,940,939Company Credits
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[dialog in French, lines from English subtitles]
Ugolin: Papet! Papet! It's me, Ugolin!
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During pre-production 12,000 carnations had to be planted and a dozen olive trees, each several hundred years old, had to be transplanted. See more »Goofs
During one scene, Cesar Soubeyran (Montand) produces a small telescope in order to spy on Jean de Florette (Depardieu); however, as he peers through it, the lens cap is clearly in place. See more »Quotes
[first lines][dialog in French, lines from English subtitles]
Ugolin: Papet! Papet! It's me, Ugolin!
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The story starts of pretty simple. Ugolin (wonderfully portrayed by Daniel Auteuil) has returned to his home, after serving in the army. He now wants to devote his life planting nelliks. His friend and old "mentor" Papet (powerfull done by Yves Montad) see that without water (which is scarce in the area) he will fail. He helps him with money, and get him to buy land from his nabour, which has a very good water source. But he wont sell. Without spoiling to much, he dies. His land goes over to his sister, who dies shortly after. The land is inherited by her rather naive son, Jean de Florette (Gerard Depardieu, who gives the most impressive acting) a man of the city, he dreams of living of the land, farming what he needs, and selling rabbits. He moves there with his daugther and wife. Ugolin and Papet is then devoted to driving him down, so they can buy the land. They cover the water source.
The film is beautifully shot, the area looks wonderful. Also, the score is absolutely marvelous, making the film throughly exquisite. A good thing, the film is not overwhelmed by this beauty. It is strongly concentrated around telling the story, about the up and downfalls of the family, who strive to survive. Also portrays humans as decivefull and evil. Ugolin's envy of the land Jean owns, is a strong theme in the film, together with mans battle to survive. I have not seen the second part, but I really look forward to it. Jean de Florette is a great film in all ways, and I recommend it to anyone. This is one of the few "must see" films out there.