View Item - FR-J008-1986
Language:
FrenchDuration:
121 minutes / 114 minutesCatalog Num:
FR-J008-1986 Title:
Jean de Florette / Manon of the SpringItem Type:
VideoMedium:
DVDProgram:
Romance LanguagesReserved:
NoStatus:
AvailableJean:
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, so are dismayed to hear 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.
Manon:
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon (Beart) has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She determines to take revenge upon the men responsible for the death of her father in the first film.
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