Jean de Florette (1986)

Name: Jean de Florette
Director: Claude Berri
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1986-08-27
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu

PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.

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Yves Montand

Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet'
Gérard Depardieu

Jean de Florette

(as Gerard Depardieu)
Daniel Auteuil

Ugolin
Elisabeth Depardieu

Aimee Cadoret
Margarita Lozano

Baptistine
Ernestine Mazurowna

Manon Cadoret enfant
Armand Meffre

Philoxène
André Dupon

Pamphile, le menuisier

(as Andre Dupon)
Pierre Nougaro

Casimir
Jean Maurel

Anglade
Roger Souza

Ange
Didier Pain

Eliacin
Pierre-Jean Rippert

Pascal
Marc Betton

Martial
Clement Cal

Méderic

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Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.

Another 11 wins & 16 nominations.

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22 September 2005 | aspreadb

| Escape to a rural idyll from another age

This film captures another world, and makes you a part of it. The acting is superb, the scenery breathtaking, and a huge amount of skill and effort has gone into evoking the heat of summer and the details of village life in a harsh, pre-industrial world. If you cannot stand watching a film in a foreign language, or you only watch films with special effects and non-stop action,then you may find something to object to in this one, but otherwise it is perfection. The story is heart-wrenching, all the characters (both good and bad) demand sympathy, and the story is both credible, and beautifully told. That is the true quality of this film - it tells a simple, gripping story in a way that grips any viewer with a heart from start to finish.