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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 Release
08/27/1986
US Release
06/26/1987
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yves Montand | Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet' / César Soubeyran, le Papet |
Gerard Depardieu | Jean de Florette / Jean Cadoret, le bossu, fils de Florette |
Daniel Auteuil | Ugolin / Ugolin Soubeyran, neveu du Papet |
Elisabeth Depardieu | Aimee Cadoret / Aimée Cadoret, épouse de Jean |
Margarita Lozano | Baptistine / Baptistine, la piémontaise de la grotte |
Ernestine Mazurowna | Manon Cadoret enfant / Manon Cadoret, fille de Jean & Aimée |
Armand Meffre | Philoxène / Philoxène, le maire |
André Dupon | Pamphile, le menuisier |
Pierre Nougaro | Casimir |
Jean Maurel | Anglade / Anglade, le croyant |
Directors
Writers
Claude Berri, Marcel Pagnol, Gérard Brach
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yves Montand | Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet' / César Soubeyran, le Papet |
Gerard Depardieu | Jean de Florette / Jean Cadoret, le bossu, fils de Florette |
Daniel Auteuil | Ugolin / Ugolin Soubeyran, neveu du Papet |
Elisabeth Depardieu | Aimee Cadoret / Aimée Cadoret, épouse de Jean |
Margarita Lozano | Baptistine / Baptistine, la piémontaise de la grotte |
Ernestine Mazurowna | Manon Cadoret enfant / Manon Cadoret, fille de Jean & Aimée |
Armand Meffre | Philoxène / Philoxène, le maire |
André Dupon | Pamphile, le menuisier |
Pierre Nougaro | Casimir |
Jean Maurel | Anglade / Anglade, le croyant |
Roger Souza | Ange / Ange, le fontainier |
Didier Pain | Eliacin |
Pierre-Jean Rippert | Pascal |
Marc Betton | Martial |
Clement Cal | Méderic / Méderic, le patron du bar |
Benedetto Bertino | Giuseppe |
Marcel Champel | Pique-Bouffigue |
Chantal Liennel | Amandine / Amandine, la servante |
Fransined | Le fleuriste |
Marcel Berbert | Le notaire |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Pierre Grunstein | Executive Producer |
Alain Poiré | Producer |
Editors
Hervé de Luze, Catherine Serris, Corinne Lazare, Arlette Langmann, Jeanne Kef, Sophie Coussein, Noëlle Boisson
Trailers
Clips
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1988 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |