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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| Yves Montand | ... | Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet' | |
| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Jean de Florette (as Gerard Depardieu) | |
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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 <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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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:
Жан де Флоретт See more »Edit
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$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]
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