Portrait of Jean Giono

Writing

Jean Giono

Career

Active from 1934 to 2010, with a break from 1966 to 1986, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jean Giono Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.0, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    2.0, average 3.9
  • Crime
    1.8, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Rural French Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles
The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife (2010)

Novel

The Classics of Frederic Back
The Classics of Frederic Back (2010)

as Voice

2000s

1 title · average score 48
Savage Souls
Savage Souls (2001)
GoodWatch score 48

Novel

1990s

4 titles · average score 67
La femme du boulanger
La femme du boulanger (1999)

Novel

The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
GoodWatch score 67

Novel

Něco lehčího
Něco lehčího (1993)

Short Story

Bookstore: Giono - Stay, my joy
Bookstore: Giono - Stay, my joy (1992)

as Jean Giono

1980s

2 titles · average score 85
Der Mann mit den Bäumen
Der Mann mit den Bäumen (1989)

Short Story

The Man Who Planted Trees
The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
GoodWatch score 85

Writer

1960s

4 titles · average score 67
Song of the World
Song of the World (1965)

Novel

A King Without Distraction
A King Without Distraction (1963)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Producer

Of Flesh and Blood
Of Flesh and Blood (1963)

Author

Croesus
Croesus (1960)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

1950s

3 titles
Girl and the River
Girl and the River (1958)

Writer

The Fugitive
The Fugitive (1958)

Novel

Kara Talih
Kara Talih (1957)

Scenario Writer

1930s

4 titles · average score 76
The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife (1938)
GoodWatch score 89

Novel

Harvest
Harvest (1937)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

Angele
Angele (1934)
GoodWatch score 68

Novel

Jofroi
Jofroi (1934)

Novel