Jean de Florette
1986·Movie
·2h 1min·
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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.
Rural TragedyGreed & ObsessionSlow-Burn DramaFrench CinemaMoral DecayFamily ConflictCharacter-Driven19th CenturyMelancholic
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Directed by:
Claude Berri, Xavier Castano, Hélène Sébillotte
Written by:
Claude Berri, Marcel Pagnol, Gérard Brach
Produced by:
Pierre Grunstein, Alain Poiré, Marie-Christine Lafosse
Composed by:
Toots Thielemans, Pierre Gamet, Jean-Claude Petit
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