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Jean de Florette: Set amidst the rugged hills of Provence, this epic saga follows the heroic efforts of Jean Cadoret, who inherits a farm from his mother, Florette, and leaves his city job behind, hoping to create a "new Eden" with his wife and daughter. But, unbeknownst to Jean, his greed...

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Uniform Title:Jean de Florette (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Renn Productions, Films A2 (Firm), Rai due (Television station : Italy), DD Productions (Firm), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Berri, Claude (Producer, Director, Screenwriter), Brach, Gérard (Screenwriter), Montand, Yves, 1921-1991 (Actor), Depardieu, Gérard, 1948- (Actor), Auteuil, Daniel (Actor), Depardieu, Elisabeth (Actor), Béart, Emmanuelle (Actor), Pagnol, Marcel, 1895-1974
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Language Notes:French dialogue, optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios : [2007]
Series:World films double feature.
Subjects:
Pagnol, Marcel, > 1895-1974 > Film adaptations.
Farmers > France > Provence > Drama.
Farms > France > Provence > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > France > Provence > Drama.
Neighbors > France > Provence > Drama.
Fathers and daughters > France > Provence > Drama.
Fathers > Death > Drama.
Revenge > France > Provence > Drama.
Provence (France) > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Jean de Florette: Set amidst the rugged hills of Provence, this epic saga follows the heroic efforts of Jean Cadoret, who inherits a farm from his mother, Florette, and leaves his city job behind, hoping to create a "new Eden" with his wife and daughter. But, unbeknownst to Jean, his greedy neighbor, César Soubeyran, is plotting to steal the land out from under him with a wicked scheme that drives Jean to the brink of madness.
Manon of the spring: In this sequel to Jean de Florette, ten years after her father's death, Manon has no idea that her neighbor cheated her out of her father's land. But when she discovers that Soubeyran was directly responsible for her father's death, Manon goes after him with a vengeance.
Item Description:From the novels by Marcel Pagnol.
Both titles originally filmed together, and released as motion pictures in 1986.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (235 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC; region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround, double-sided, single layer.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG.
Production Credits:Photography, Bruno Nuytten ; art director, Bernard Vezat ; editors, Arlette Langmann, Herve de Luze ; music composer, Jean-Claude Petit ; costumes, Sylvie Gautrelet.