Jean de Florette

Name: Jean de Florette
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986-08-27
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 7.7

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

2h 2m French, Italian

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Jean de Florette

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

2h 2m French, Italian

★ #7,807 Drama

#france #based on novel or book #provence #battle for power #greed #source #neighbor #marcel pagnol #spring (water)

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.

Director Claude Berri

Screenplay Gérard Brach Screenplay Claude Berri Novel Marcel Pagnol

Budget $4,940,939