The sun-dappled beauty of the Provence countryside belies dark
motivations, in Claude Berri’s monumental pastoral tragedy, written by Marcel Pagnol.
When the naively idealistic tax collector Jean Cadoret (Gérard
Depardieu) unexpectedly inherits a family farm, he leaves the city for a
new life in the agrarian community where his mother, Florette, grew up.
His neighbours, however, the scheming Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil) and his
proud uncle César ‘Le Papet’ Soubeyran (Yves Montand), have
plotted to divert the flow of water away from Jean’s land. Cast also includes Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot and Elisabeth Depardieu. (Subtitles)
France 1986 Claude Berri 130m
