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Jean de Florette is a novel by Marcel Pagnol, published in 1966. It was adapted into a critically acclaimed and commercially successful 1986 French language motion picture.

Movie

Nominated for eight César Awards, the film has been selected by the New York Times as one of "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made." The book's sequel, Manon Des Sources, was simultaneously filmed with almost equal success.

Plot

The action takes place in a small village in the south of France, shortly after the First World War. Cesar Soubeyran and his nephew, Ugolin, are desperate to buy a farm whose owner they accidentally killed. In order to get the farm at a good price, they stop up the natural spring that provides water to the land. The farm is then inherited by Jean, a hunchbacked tax collector whose late mother, Florette, was once Cesar's girlfriend. Although he valiantly tries to reap the harvests of his land, the hunchback, his wife and daughter are reduced to poverty and desperation by the lack of water. In the end, Jean is killed in an accident as a result of his attempts to find ways of supplying water to his land. However, his young daughter, Manon, sees that the Soubeyrans are responsible. In the sequel, she obtains her revenge.

Primary cast

Yves Montand
- Cesar Soubeyran/'Le Papet'
Gérard Depardieu
- Jean de Florette
Daniel Auteuil
- Ugolin
Elisabeth Depardieu - Aimee Cadoret
Margarita Lozano - Baptistine
Ernestine Mazurowna - Manon Cadoret

Awards

Award wins:

BAFTA Award for Best Film
United States National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film
César Award for Best Actor - Daniel Auteuil
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Daniel Auteuil
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography - Bruno Nuytten
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenply – Claude Berri
& Gérard Brach

Award nominations:

BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film
César Award for Best Film – Bruno Nuytten
BAFTA Award for Best Actor - Yves Montand
BAFTA Award for Best Actor - Gérard Depardieu
BAFTA Award for Best Direction - Claude Berri
César Award for Best Director – Claude Berri
BAFTA Award for Best Make Up Artist - Michèle Dernelle & Jean-Pierre Eychenne
BAFTA Award for Best Production Design – Bernard Vézat
César Award for Best Cinematography
– Bruno Nuytten
César Award for Best Music Written for a Film
– Jean-Claude Petit
César Award for Best Sound
– Pierre Gamet, Laurent Quaglio, Dominique Hennequin
César Award for Best Screenplay
- Claude Berri
& Gérard Brach

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