Movie · The Water of the Hills Collection

Jean de Florette (1986)

• PG
• August 27, 1986
• 2h 2m

• Drama

“For some men, land and water are more precious than flesh and blood.”

Overview

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, and are dismayed to hear that 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.

Director

Claude Berri

Writers

Marcel Pagnol, Claude Berri, Gérard Brach

Starring

Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil