Jean de Florette
1987VOTE NOW
| Orion Classics | Release Date: August 28, 1987 |
Summary:
A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
Genre(s):
Drama, Comedy
Runtime:
120 min
One of the finest pictures released this year. [13 Nov 1987, p.1D]
The director, Claude Berri, who did the adaptation with Gerard Brach, aimed for fidelity to the novel; he said it was his task to give the material "a cinematic rhythm," but "there was no need for imagination." That's what he thinks.
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