Jean de Florette
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1986
2h 0m
PG
French
Drama
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Jean de Florette
PG
Movie
1986
2h 0m
French
Drama
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
César Soubeyran, dit 'le Papet'
Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Flo...
Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
Aimée Cadoret, épouse de Jean
Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
Manon Cadoret, fille de Jean & Aim�...
Philoxène, le maire
Pamphile, le menuisier
Pamphile, le menuisier
Casimir
Anglade, believer
Ange, le fontainier
Eliacin
Pascal, hydrant man
Martial
Méderic, le patron du bar
Giuseppe
Pique-Bouffigue
Amandine, César Soubeyran's servan...
Le fleuriste
Notary
Le docteur
Le muletier
Directed By: Claude Berri
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CinemaSerf
7 months ago
"Ugolin" (Daniel Auteuil) returns from the war to his wealthy uncle "Papet" (Yves Montant) with some inspiration. He doesn't divulge his cunning plan until he is ready, and then presents the man with some perfectly cultivated carnations. It turns out there's money in flowers, but they also need a gr More
Filipe Manuel Neto
one year ago
**The power of envy and the ineffectiveness of farming by handbooks.**
The film is quite good, perhaps one of the best French films I've seen this year, which whets the appetite for the sequel, which is reputed to be even better. Simple, this film begins with the cunning maneuvers of a wealthy Pr More
The film is quite good, perhaps one of the best French films I've seen this year, which whets the appetite for the sequel, which is reputed to be even better. Simple, this film begins with the cunning maneuvers of a wealthy Pr More
Nutshell
5 years ago
sub·tle (adjective) Definition: making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something.
One of the most celebrated French films of the 1980s, and with good reason. I don't think
there's ever been a film that better depicts evil so subtlety well as Jean de Florette, specifically
in terms More
One of the most celebrated French films of the 1980s, and with good reason. I don't think
there's ever been a film that better depicts evil so subtlety well as Jean de Florette, specifically
in terms More
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