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Jean De Florette

starring: Yves Montand, GĂ©rard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano
directed by: Claude Berri

: Jean De Florette
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792848424
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 079284842X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 23, 2001
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 60503
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1987-08



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Amazon.com:
A truly impressive French film destined to become a modern masterpiece, Jean de Florette is an evocative adaptation of the highly regarded French novel. Two 1920s farmers engage in a bitter rivalry as one tries to tend to a plot of land and the other deviously undermines his efforts in order to conceal a valuable spring. The peasant farmer (GĂ©rard Depardieu) who comes to the countryside to tend the land he has inherited is a naive and trusting soul seeking only to provide for his wife and daughter, while his neighbor (Yves Montand) is intent on doing whatever he can to discourage and demoralize the farmer so that he can take the land for himself. This simple tale unfolds in a wrenching fashion to a tragic conclusion, bringing forth questions about human nature and the prevalence and price of greed. Along with its follow-up, Manon of the Spring, this film will leave an indelible impression on anyone who sees it. --Robert Lane



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Jean de Florette
This customer was very pleasently surprized that I could find this movie! It arrived sooner than expected ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Jean De Florette
Adapted from Marcel Pagnol's two-volume novel, Claude Berri's magnificent "Jean de Florette" (and its sequel, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - As powerful, universal and revealing of humanity as any trilogy of Greek tragedies
This story stands on its own write as inevitable Grecian tragedy building on the prideful ignorance of Jean, the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Greed in a Small Town
I have a general rule when it comes to Gerard Depardieu, if he's playing sexy then pass but if he's playing a character ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Old Mac Le Papet had a farm ...
This movie has the simple feel of a provincial or pastoral folktale. A farmer, Le Papet (played by Yves Montand) and his ... Read More

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