Jean de Florette Blu-ray Movie

Overview

Jean de Florette (1986)

The first of two parts of the classic Marcel Pagnol story set in southeast France in the mid 1920s. In a small provencal village, where water is scarce and the earth dry, only one piece of property possesses an underground spring to irrigate the soil--and the wily, greedy Cèsar will do anything to get hold of it. His dreams seem on the verge of coming true when the owner (with a little help from Cèsar) dies unexpectedly. But then Jean Cadoret, an outsider who inherits the farm, arrives with the intention of settling down and cultivating the land with his good-hearted wife Aimee and young daughter Manon. Jean, a hunchback and sensitive dreamer, glories in his new life while Cèsar and his nephew Ugolin secretly decide to stop up the spring so his plans will fail. The good-hearted Jean, too naive to imagine that anyone would sabotage him, struggles fruitlessly to make his garden bloom. His continual failure erodes his spirit, setting the stage for a tragedy with consequences for all.

Starring: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
Director: Claude Berri

Foreign	100%
Drama	54%
Romance	29%

Specifications

• Video

  Video codec: TBA
  Video resolution: 1080p
  Original aspect ratio: 2.35:1
  

• Audio

  French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
  

• Subtitles

  Dutch
  

• Discs

  25GB Blu-ray Disc
  Single disc (1 BD)
  

• Playback

  Region B (A, C untested)

Review

Jean de Florette Blu-ray Movie Review

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  Jean de Florette Blu-ray Movie  

  Shout Factory | 1986 | 121 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  The first of two parts of the classic Marcel Pagnol story set in southeast France in the mid 1920s. In a small provencal village, where water is scarce and the earth dry, only one piece of property possesses an underground spring to irrigate the soil--and the wily, greedy Cèsar will do anything to get hold of it. His dreams seem on the verge of coming true when the owner (with a little help from Cèsar) dies unexpectedly. But then Jean Cadoret, an outsider who inherits the farm, arrives with the intention of settling down and cultivating the land with his good-hearted wife Aimee and young daughter Manon. Jean, a hunchback and sensitive dreamer, glories in his new life while Cèsar and his nephew Ugolin secretly decide to stop up the spring so his plans will fail. The good-hearted Jean, too naive to imagine that anyone would sabotage him, struggles fruitlessly to make his garden bloom. His continual failure erodes his spirit, setting the stage for a tragedy with consequences for all.

  
  

  Drama / Romance / Foreign

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