Jean de Florette (1986)

About This Movie

Jean de Florette is a 1986 drama film directed by Claude Berri. Its leading cast includes Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil. It runs for 2 hours 2 minutes. It belongs to The Water of the Hills Collection. Its original language is French.

Synopsis

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, and are dismayed to hear that 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.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Official Trailer

JEAN DE FLORETTE TRAILER · plays from YouTube

Cast

• Yves Montand César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
• Gérard Depardieu Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
• Daniel Auteuil Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
• Elisabeth Depardieu Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
• Margarita Lozano Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
• Ernestine Mazurowna Manon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée
• Armand Meffre Philoxène, mayor
• André Dupon Pamphile, joiner
• Pierre Nougaro Casimir
• Jean Maurel Anglade, believer
• Roger Souza Ange, hydrant man
• Didier Pain Eliacin
• Pierre-Jean Rippert Pascal, hydrant man
• Marc Betton Martial
• C Clément Cal Méderic, bar boss
• B Benedetto Bertino Giuseppe
• Marcel Champel Pique-Bouffigue
• Chantal Liennel Amandine, César Soubeyran's servant