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Movie · 1986

Jean de Florette

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

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Slow burn Rural tragedy Greed driven Psychological attrition Moral cruelty Parched pastoral

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Release
1986
Runtime
122 min

Synopsis

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.

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