Jean de Florette (1986)

"For some men, land and water are more precious than flesh and blood."

7.7 August 27, 1986 2h 2m Released

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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Cast

Yves Montand

César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
Gérard Depardieu

Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
Daniel Auteuil

Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
Elisabeth Depardieu

Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
Margarita Lozano

Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
Ernestine Mazurowna

Manon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée
Armand Meffre

Philoxène, mayor
André Dupon

Pamphile, joiner
Pierre Nougaro

Casimir
Jean Maurel

Anglade, believer
Roger Souza

Ange, hydrant man
Didier Pain

Eliacin
Pierre-Jean Rippert

Pascal, hydrant man
Marc Betton

Martial

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