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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, Margarita Lozano, Elisabeth Depardieu| Drama | 100% |
| Foreign | 98% |
| Romance | 30% |
| Period | 9% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.35:1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
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