Jean de Florette
1986 Drama
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Summary
A city-dweller, Jean Cadoret moves with his family to start a new life as a farmer in
Provence in the 1920s. His neighbours, the Soubeyrans, are not happy at his arrival,
and contrive to prevent him from finding out about a natural spring that proves essential
for farming the land...
Review
This film, and its sequel, Manon
des sources, have received an unprecedented degree of attention and acclaim, and
is probably the most well known French film made in the last 30 years. Whilst the
film has is strengths, particularly the stunning photography of the Provence countryside,
it is let down marginally by a somewhat superficial view of country life and some occasional
bouts of excessive sentiment-milking.
The film's greatest asset is the quality of the acting performances, with Depardieu on particularly good form and Daniel Auteuil winning celebrity for his poignant portrayal of the ill-fated Ugolin. The film is based on a novel by the famous French writer Marcel Pagnol, who intended to make a film of the novel after his film Manon des sources (1953), but he died before the project could be realised. © James Travers 1999 Write a review for this film... |
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