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Jean De Florette 122 minutes, France (1986), PG
(5.0)
Rating: 5.0 Stars
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Average user rating (4.8 / 94 votes)
Montand and Auteuil star in Jean De Florette

A naive city dweller (Depardieu) inherits a farm - and the ill-will of his neighbours in this story of avarice and peasant unpleasantry in turn of the century Provence

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Jean De Florette: A modern classic, adapted from Pagnol's novel (and continued in the sequel Manon Des Sources), in which Depardieu is the city-educated hunchback farmer who moves to the country with dreams of building a rabbit farm, only to find himself the subject of dirty dealings by Montand and his simple-minded nephew (Auteuil), who cook up an elaborate scheme in order to get their hands on the farmland...
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