Jean de Florette
1986 · Movie · PG · 122 min · ★ 7.7 · 86% critics
In a rural French village, two neighbors quietly scheme to take over an adjoining farm for its precious spring water. When a hopeful newcomer arrives to work the land with big plans, the hidden sabotage forces a grueling struggle through a punishing summer, testing family bonds and the limits of endurance.
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-08-27
- Language
- French
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (609 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a character-driven rural drama about greed, community pressure, and survival, with dark humor and mounting tension; Not for you if you need a light, neatly wrapped ending—this leads into Manon of the Spring.
Pros: gripping slow-burn drama; strong performances; vivid rural setting | Cons: heavy, upsetting tone; villains often succeed; needs sequel for closure
Themes
- france
- based on novel or book
- provence
- greed
- battle for power
- source
- neighbor
- marcel pagnol
- spring (water)
Cast & crew
Yves Montand
as César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
Gérard Depardieu
as Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
Daniel Auteuil
as Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
Elisabeth Depardieu
as Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
Margarita Lozano
as Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
Ernestine Mazurowna
as Manon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée
Armand Meffre
as Philoxène, mayor
André Dupon
as Pamphile, joiner
Pierre Nougaro
as Casimir
Jean Maurel
as Anglade, believer
Directed by Claude Berri