JEAN DE FLORETTE
by Claude Berri
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, 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.
original title: | Jean de Florette |
country: | Switzerland, France, Italy |
year: | 1986 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Claude Berri |
film run: | 120' |
release date: | FR 27/08/1986, BE 27/11/1986, NO 26/12/1986, SU 07/1987, DE 03/09/1987, DK 04/09/1987, SE 11/09/1987, UK 1987, NL 17/03/1988, IE 29/04/1988, PT 29/04/1988, IT 06/05/1988, FI 23/09/1988, HU 14/02/1991 |
screenplay: | Claude Berri, Gérard Brach |
cast: | Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil |
cinematography by: | Bruno Nuytten |
film editing: | Noëlle Boisson, Sophie Coussein, Hervé de Luze, Jeanne Kef, Arlette Langmann |
art director: | Bernard Vezat |
costumes designer: | Sylvie Gautrelet |
executive producer: | Pierre Grunstein |
associate producer: | Alain Poiré |