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Jean de Florette

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Jean de Florette
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PG,2hrs 2min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1986
Director:
Claude Berri
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Gérard Depardieu, Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil  ...more
Synopsis: Co-adapted by director Claude Berri from a novel by Marcel Pagnol, this hugely successful French historical drama concerns a bizarre battle royale over a valuable natural spring in a remote French farming community. City dweller Jean Cadoret (Gérard Depardieu) assumes ownership of the spring when the original owner is accidentally killed by covetous farmer Cesar Soubeyran (Yves Montand). Soubeyran and his equally disreputable nephew Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil) pull every dirty trick in the book to force ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Jardine, AMG Review
The plot of Jean de Florette is as melodramatic as any soap opera, but its treatment is just a little askew, just off-center enough for the film to evolve into a moving and powerful pastoral tragedy. The film is a naturalistic story about the dehumanizing effect of greed on a community and on the human soul. Watching the hunchbacked Jean de Florette (Gérard Depardieu) struggle against all odds to keep ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Gérard Depardieu
Jean Cadoret
Yves Montand
Cesar Soubeyran/"Le Papet", Cesar Soubeyran
Daniel Auteuil
Ugolin Soubeyran/"Galignette", Ugolin Soubeyran
Elisabeth Depardieu
Aimee Cadoret
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