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	The French Peasantry (Film review of Jean de Florette) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jean's widow is pursuing her old career as an opera singer in the city, but Manon, now aged about eighteen, is still living in the area, working as a shepherdess for a local peasant woman, and apparently waiting for an opportunity to settle accounts with the men whom she holds responsible for her father's death.
		Florette had been Papet's lover decades earlier and had written to him when he was in North Africa with the army to tell him that she was pregnant but would bear his baby if she could tell the village that she was his fiancee.
		Jean de Florette's scientific techniques avail him nothing since God is not on his side, and the expert from the Water Department called in by the Mayor after the water supply has dried up is shown to be hopelessly incapable of dealing with angry peasants and is a figure of ridicule.
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	Jean De Florette
		Jean de Florette (1986) is the screen adaptation of Part 1 of Marcel Pagnols superb novel, Leau des Collines (The Water from the Hills, 1963).
		Jean (Gerard Depardieu) leaves his job in the city and brings his wife and little daughter, Manon, to live on the farm he has just inherited.
		Jean is an idealist and joyously begins raising rabbits and planting vegetables with the help of his trusty manuals, but there is no rain and the crops will die if something is not done.
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	Jean De Florette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Rating 5/5 Jean de Florette (1986) is the screen adaptation of Part 1 of Marcel Pagnol's superb novel, L'eau des Collines (The Water from the Hills, 1963).
		Jean, returning to the country to cultivate the "othentic," is an idealist, more or less in the Jean-Jacques Rousseau tradition.
		Well, "Jean de Florette" wins in terms of having the stronger and most obvious "plot", enhanced by Gerard Depardieu's tremendous performance as a man seeking to realise his vision in the face of insurmountable odds.
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	Notes for the study of Jean de Florette.
		Jean may represent man’s determination to master nature through knowledge, while the country folk understand nature through living with it, and try to work with it.
		In my opinion, "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources" are less about the differences between town and country living than about the differences between narrow-minded prejudice and selfishness, and tolerance.
		The country folk, however, had to share responsibility for Jean’s death (at least to a certain degree) as they were all vaguely aware of César and Ugolin’s activities and chose to mind their own business unless they became directly involved.
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	Jean de Florette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jean is a hunchback that has made a good living in the city all his life, but decided to move his family to the country when he inherits the property of his late mother.
		The good people of the country that Jean has faith in would help him if they knew who he really was, the son of Florette, but the Soubeyran's do everything in their power to make it impossible for Jean to succeed.
		Unfortunately, Jean doesn't have the slightest idea that the guys who plugged his stream aren't his friends, and instead are laughing their asses off behind his back as he makes mistake after mistake.
	www.metalasylum.com /ragingbull/movies/florette.html (1301 words)

	DVD & Movie Reviews : Jean de Florette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jean (Gerard Depardieu) is a hunchback who has quit his job as a tax collector to work on the land in a farm he has inherited.
		Jean de Florette is a wonderful, supremely moving film set in a picturesque part of Provence.
		Jean de Florette is a must-see movie for anyone who likes a quality drama boosted by super photography.
	www.webwombat.com.au /entertainment/dvds/jeandef.htm (304 words)

	DVD Review: Jean De Florette
		"Jean De Florette" is a popular French film from 1986 that was actually released in two parts (the sequel, "Manon Of The Spring" came soon after).
		"Jean De Florette" is presented in the film's original 2.35:1 aspect ratio, but alas, it isn't anamorphic.
		Although "Jean De Florette" is only $19.99 (less at most stores), I think fans of the film would have paid more if some actual effort was put into the release rather than this DVD, which seems thrown together.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews2/jeandeflorettedvd.html (603 words)

	'Jean de Florette' (NR) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Claude Berri's "Jean de Florette," with Yves Montand and Ge'rard Depardieu, is the first installment in the pastoral two-parter, a cliffhanger that leaves viewers lusting for revenge.
		For satisfaction, those caught up in the compelling story must wait till Christmas and the sequel, "Manon of the Spring." And that's an outrage, since "Jean" and "Manon," the story of Jean's daughter, were shot simultaneously in the arid mountains near southerly Marseilles.
		But Jean, a turn-of-the-century Euell Gibbons, is bound to become a natural man. He and his good wife (played by Depardieu's own wife Elisabeth) and their fair daughter Manon (played by Ernestine Mazurowna) work like mules to make a success of things.
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	Jean de Florette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The farm is then inherited by Jean, a hunchbacked tax collector whose late mother, Florette, was once Cesar's girlfriend.
		Although he valiantly tries to reap the harvests of his land, the hunchback, his wife and daughter are reduced to poverty and desperation by the lack of water.
		Alternatively, Jean's struggle represents the artist's struggle to create, despite the adverse reaction of his society.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean_de_Florette (462 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Jean de Florette
		If you were to walk into the middle of "Jean de Florette," you would see a scene that might mislead you.
		"Jean de Florette" is a merciless study in human nature, set in Provence in the 1920s.
		The man from the city is Jean de Florette, a hunchback tax collector played by Gerard Depardieu, that most dependable of French actors.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19870807/REVIEWS/708070302 (692 words)

	Review: Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		When Berri completed Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources, he may not have recognized that he had crafted one of the greatest French films of all time, but he certainly understood that the duology would be seen as an achievement.
		Jean, whose defining characteristics are his innocence and boundless optimism, is destroyed by those around him who are motivated by deception and self-interest.
		There are times when Jean appears indomitable, but, in the end, even he cannot overcome the cruelty of nature and his fellow men.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/j/jean_de_florette.html (1967 words)

	Pagnol, Marcel on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Provence resists invasion of Jean de Florette's scrubland; A beauty spot immortalised by film and novel faces an influx of concrete and car fumes, says John Lichfield.
		Une cabine de pilotage "Tout le monde savait que c'était impossible.
		Marcel Pagnol en habit d'académicien en mars 1947 La maison natale de Marcel Pagnol, transformée pour devenir un lieu de m.
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	Resources for the French Classroom-- Page 26 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Le symbole de l'histoire et du bonheur imaginé des personnages, c'est l'eau.
		Source de la vie, l'eau est à l'origine des conflits dans «Jean de Florette», car les rêves des personnages principaux en dépendent.
		Entouré de montagnes, ce monde est presque fermé à l'extérieur.
	www.unc.edu /depts/europe/docs/FRWKSHP_96/film_french/frwkshp-96p24.htm (376 words)

	Jean de Florette - Jacques Ferrandez, Marcel Pagnol - L'eau des collines - Les éditions Casterman: bande dessinée, ...
		Jean de Florette - Jacques Ferrandez, Marcel Pagnol - L'eau des collines - Les éditions Casterman: bande dessinée, jeunesse, e-cards...
		Tragédie familiale où Jean de Florette et Manon, coeurs pleins d'enthousiasme, luttent contre les deux paysans durs et fermés.
		C'est aussi l'histoire d'un crime et de son châtiment.
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	#15: Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources
		Jean de Florette begins by introducing us to the two characters around which the entire story revolves.
		Seeking to find ways to encourage Jean to leave and sell him the land, Ugolin befriends the former city-dweller, but stands by and says nothing as Jean's quest for water ultimately results in his death.
		Jean Cadoret, the man he worked so assiduously to destroy, was his son by Florette.
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	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Jean de Florette at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jean de Florette, a French film with a strong following, is a realistic tragedy and character study that avoids the pitfalls of conventional Hollywood storytelling.
		Jean seems to have forgotten the spring promised to him by the surveyor's map, a resource he would have remembered while making his horrific daily trips for water.
		Jean de Florette was filmed back to back with its less downbeat sequel, Manon des sources.
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	Jean de Florette / Claude Berri / 1986 / film review
		A city-dweller, Jean Cadoret moves with his family to start a new life as a farmer in Provence in the 1920s.
		This film, and its sequel, Manon des sources, have received an unprecedented degree of attention and acclaim, and is probably the most well known French film made in the last 30 years.
		Whilst the film has is strengths, particularly the stunning photography of the Provence countryside, it is let down marginally by a somewhat superficial view of country life and some occasional bouts of excessive sentiment-milking.
	frenchfilms.topcities.com /nf_Jean_de_Florette_rev.html (231 words)

	Amazon.ca: Video: Jean de Florette [IMPORT] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Tiré de la première partie de L’Eau des collines, de Marcel Pagnol, Jean de Florette, réalisé par Claude Berri en 1986, est un film magnifique qui, sur fond de drame humain, fleure bon les oliviers et le romarin.
		Lorsque Jean de Florette vient s’installer avec sa femme et leur fille Manon dans la ferme héritée de sa mère, les affaires du Papet et de son neveu Hugolin, qui projetaient de racheter la bâtisse pour en détourner la source, se...
		Jean's desperation and anguish as he struggles to keep his dream alive is achingly conveyed by Depardieu in a brilliant performance.
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	Essays.cc - Jean De Florette
		Jean de Florette to me is a love story, throughout the movie the talk of love was always present.
		When Jean was going to the stream to get water for the farm she was right by his side.
		Florette Camoins was in love with Cesar and he loved her back.
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	DVD : Jean De Florette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Together with the sequel (Manon des sources) it displays a thrilling drama.
		Released within a year of each other, "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources" (aka "Manon of the Spring") are often viewed and reviewed separately, but the truth is that they're integral parts of a single story which needs to be seen in sequence for its full impact to be revealed.
		Set in the 1920's, both explore the stark realities of the tough existence and myopic intrigue that was an integral part of life in the Luberon's stunningly pretty countryside and villages before the march...
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	Jean de Florette - VHS - Title J Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Jean de Florette sees Gerard Depardieu taking a part in an ensemble cast of French cinematic heavyweights.
		Jean de Florette : A moving tale of innocence versus greed & envy
		Jean de Florette and it’s sequel, Manon des Sources, were filmed in 1986 by director Claude Berri and are a wonderful interpretation of the highly regarded French novel, Water on the Hills, by Marcel Pagnol.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /vhs-title-j/jean-de-florette (343 words)

	Jean de Florette (1986) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Goofs: Factual errors: During one scene, Cesar Soubeyran (Montand) produces a small telescope in order to spy on Jean de Florette (Depardieu); however, as he peers through it, the lens cap is clearly in place.
		Character development is excellant, pretty much all of it is plausible, nothing really grates, except to see a good man suffer.
		Jean is good, an erudite - but he cannot understand nor smell a conspiracy - as this makes no real sense to someone with his principles.
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	eBay - VHS: Jean de Florette (UPC: 027616845733) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		But then Jean Cadoret (Gerard Depardieu), an outsider who inherits the farm, arrives with the intention of settling down and cultivating the land with his good-hearted wife Aimee (played by Depardieu's real wife, Elisabeth Depardieu) and young daughter Manon (Ernestine Mazurowna).
		Jean, a hunchback and sensitive dreamer, glories in his new life while César and his nephew Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil) secretly decide to stop up the spring so his plans will fail.
		JEAN DE FLORETTE was filmed at the same time as MANON DES SOURCES (Manon of the Spring), which continues the story.
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	Jean de Florette - Multimedia Collection
		Set in the rugged hills of old-world France, this powerful story of greed and passion begins with the simple ambition of one man, Jean Cadoret.
		When Cesar's wicked scheme - and a severe drought - bring Jean to the brink of destruction, the courageous farmer makes one last attempt to find water on his land.
		The saga continues when Jean's daughter, Manon, takes her revenge in the powerful sequel, "Manon of the Spring."
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	Jean de Florette - Movie Commentary (proudestmonkeys.com)
		While Ugolin is torn between his friendship with Jean and his desire for the spring, the viewer is likely to find himself or herself betwixt and between the two factions.
		It should be natural to want Jean and his family to survive without a water source, but for some reason, we want Ugolin to have water for his carnations.
		For instance, in one scene, Jean uses dynamite to blow a hole in the ground for a cistern.
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	Amazon.co.uk: Video: Jean De Florette [1986] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jean is an idealist and happily begins raising rabbits and planting vegetables with the help of his trusty manuals, but there is no rain and the crops will die if something is not done.
		Jean Florette (Depardieu) fails because he puts too much faith in science, knowledge and the good will and fairness of his fellow man. (He should have listened to his suspicious wife!) Ugolin (Auteuil), whose selfishness and little guy envy lead him to do the harm that he does, is not a despicable character.
		What is so, so superior in "Florette" compared to most movies is the lack of propaganda, the lack of adherence to some political or philosophic preconception.
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	‘Jean de Florette’ (NR)
		The first in a two-volume release (the second, "Manon of the Springs," is due out later this year), "Jean" follows a tragedy that compounds over three generations in rural France.
		Arriving with his wife and young daughter Manon, the city slicker is determined to cultivate the land with almanacs and "providence." But the Soubeyrans have secretly plugged his stream, and the summer brings little rain.
		The villagers and de Florette's daughter Manon are very much aware of the Soubeyrans' agenda.
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	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Jean de Florette at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		They hope that without a working spring, the gentrified Jean will eventually give up on his dreams of living an ‘authentic’ life in the country and return to the city.
		Rest assured, for Jean de Florette features the folly, frustration, and fractured impulses found in large supply in that family tiff.
		Jean’s family plans and plants and travels to a distant spring for the water his land greedily gulps.
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	Jean de Florette (Written 3/7/01) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Manon des Sources, a 1952 film by French playwright, novelist, memoirist and film director Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974), was remade by Claude Berri into a double-decker film in 1986 entitled Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring.
		Gerard Depardieu, a burly hunchback, happily married with a beautiful young daughter, gives up his city job and moves to a mountain farm he has inherited from his mother, Florette.
		Jean de Florette’s young daughter, Manon, watches them in tearful silence, then chokes off an agonized scream.
	www.selu.edu /Academics/Faculty/wparrill/Reviews/jeandeflorette.html (326 words)

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