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Jean de Florette

"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.

Top Cast

  • Yves Montand

    Yves Montand

    César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'

  • Gérard Depardieu

    Gérard Depardieu

    Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette

  • Daniel Auteuil

    Daniel Auteuil

    Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet

  • Elisabeth Depardieu

    Elisabeth Depardieu

    Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean

  • Margarita Lozano

    Margarita Lozano

    Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave

  • Ernestine Mazurowna

    Ernestine Mazurowna

    Manon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée

  • Armand Meffre

    Armand Meffre

    Philoxène, mayor

  • André Dupon

    André Dupon

    Pamphile, joiner

  • Pierre Nougaro

    Pierre Nougaro

    Casimir

Overview

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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