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Jean de Florette [videorecording - DVD] - France : Ream Productions, 2000 - 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Directed by Claude Berri ; Written by Marcel Pagnol (book), Claude Berri and Gérard Brach Directed by Claude Berri ; Written by Marcel Pagnol (book), Claude Berri and Gérard Brach

Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil and Elisabeth Depardieu

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




DVD


In French with English subtitles

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Farming--France--Drama
Land tenure--France--Drama
Motion pictures--France
Feature films

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Provence (France)--Drama
France--Rural conditions--Drama