

Jean de Florette
For some men, land and water are more precious than flesh and blood.
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4.9M
- Box office
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- Language
- Italian
- france
- based on novel or book
- provence
- greed
- battle for power
- source
- neighbor
- marcel pagnol
- spring (water)
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York26 Jun 1987
- TheatricalPG27 Aug 1987
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical (limited)PGLondon17 Jun 1987
- TheatricalRe-release4 Jun 1999
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical29 Oct 1987
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)ALGent27 Nov 1986
BrazilBR
- PhysicalDVD2 Sept 2015
DenmarkDK
- TheatricalA4 Sept 1987
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1223 Sept 1988
FranceFR
- TheatricalU27 Aug 1986
- PhysicalVHS25 Sept 1991
- PhysicalDVD9 Jun 1999
- PhysicalBlu-Ray3 Dec 2008
- Digital / OTTVOD26 Aug 2017
- TheatricalRe-release13 Sept 2017
- Digital / OTT12Netflix1 Feb 2022
- Digital / OTTDisney+23 Sept 2022
- TVTPParis Première1 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12West Germany3 Sept 1987
HungaryHU
- Theatrical14 Feb 1991
IrelandIE
- Theatrical29 Apr 1988
ItalyIT
- Theatrical6 May 1988
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Jean de Florette was released on 27 August 1986.
Audience reviews
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Nutshell
5/22/2020
sub·tle (adjective) Definition: making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something. One of the most celebrated French films of the 1980s, and with good reason. I don't think there's ever been a film that better depicts evil so subtlety well as Jean de Florette, specifically in terms of greed, covetousness, and selfishness. It is not at all a "thriller", but an engrossing drama that envelops you with i…
- F8/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
6/16/2023
**The power of envy and the ineffectiveness of farming by handbooks.** The film is quite good, perhaps one of the best French films I've seen this year, which whets the appetite for the sequel, which is reputed to be even better. Simple, this film begins with the cunning maneuvers of a wealthy Provençal farmer to obtain cheaply the land of a neighboring property. It turns out that the owner is not up to this. When…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
5/6/2024
"Ugolin" (Daniel Auteuil) returns from the war to his wealthy uncle "Papet" (Yves Montant) with some inspiration. He doesn't divulge his cunning plan until he is ready, and then presents the man with some perfectly cultivated carnations. It turns out there's money in flowers, but they also need a great deal of water. Gallons and gallons of the stuff. It occurs to "Papet" that their curmudgeonly neighbour might be wil…
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