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Jean de Florette (1986)

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.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Yves MontandYves MontandCésar Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
  • Photo of Gérard DepardieuGérard DepardieuJean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
  • Photo of Daniel AuteuilDaniel AuteuilUgolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
  • Photo of Elisabeth DepardieuElisabeth DepardieuAimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
  • Photo of Margarita LozanoMargarita LozanoBaptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
  • Photo of Ernestine MazurownaErnestine MazurownaManon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée
  • Photo of Armand MeffreArmand MeffrePhiloxène, mayor
  • Photo of André DuponAndré DuponPamphile, joiner
  • Photo of Pierre NougaroPierre NougaroCasimir
  • Photo of Jean MaurelJean MaurelAnglade, believer

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