Jean de Florette
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, so are dismayed to hear 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.
PG
HD
Drama
1986
120 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Jean de Florette
- Duration : 120 min
- Languages : French
- Writers : Claude Berri (adaptation), Gèrard Brach (adaptation), Marcel Pagnol (novel)
- Directors : Claude Berri min
- Imdb : 8.1 (18583 votes)
- Tomatoes : (N/A votes)
- Actors : Yves Montand, Gèrard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu
Movie Storyline
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, so are dismayed to hear 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.