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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Language:
FrenchRelease Date:
28 August 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Жан де Флоретт See more »Edit
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Gross USA:
$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
When Jean is first fixing his roof and he bends over, the outline of the padding used to make his hunchback is clearly visible. See more »Quotes
[first lines][dialog in French, lines from English subtitles]
Ugolin: Papet! Papet! It's me, Ugolin!
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The reason why I was watched this film is because I read both "la gloire de mon pere" and "la château de ma mere", two other books written by Marcel Pagnol, and I found them fascinating.
This film is a fabulous portrayal of one man's greed over another man's dream. The performances given in this film are mesmerising, from Depardieu's hunch back to Montand's le papet. Although this film is sublime, I think it would be a wise choice to see the following film, Manon des Sources, as it gives the whole story through both the films.
The film really goes to show how far some people will go to get what they want, whether it's le papet trying to secure a legacy for his family's name, or Jean de Florette trying to get his amazing ideas on farming to work.
Everything comes together so well in this film-the score, the storyline and the performances, something modern movie makers should take note of.