Jean de Florette

City mouse plots sabotage against a hunchbacked heir who inherits dirt. They dam the spring he needs to farm. His scrabbling for water withers his family while their joy grows fat on his ruin.

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Claude Berri directed Jean de Florette in 1986. See Claude Berri's full filmography, where to start with Claude Berri, or where to go after you've seen everything by Claude Berri.

Jean de Florette was released in 1986 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 122 minutes.