"Jean de Florette" is a Comedy - Drama movie in which we watch a greedy landowner trying to bankrupt another villager in order to sell his land. He is blocking the only water source of the man's land in order for his plan to succeed many things will change in the village after that.
I have to admit that I did not have high expectations from this movie but liked it very much. The plot was very interesting and had a lot of mystery behind it while the interpretations of the cast were equally good. Regarding the interpretations of the cast, Gérard Depardieu who played as Jean de Florette was very good and Yves Montand who played as Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet' was also very good at his part. The direction which was made by Claude Berri was simply amazing and he presented very well the differences that society has even in a small village and what people are willing to do in order to win more money or in this case more land.I highly recommend everyone to watch this movie because I am sure that everybody would learn something by it.
I have to admit that I did not have high expectations from this movie but liked it very much. The plot was very interesting and had a lot of mystery behind it while the interpretations of the cast were equally good. Regarding the interpretations of the cast, Gérard Depardieu who played as Jean de Florette was very good and Yves Montand who played as Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet' was also very good at his part. The direction which was made by Claude Berri was simply amazing and he presented very well the differences that society has even in a small village and what people are willing to do in order to win more money or in this case more land.I highly recommend everyone to watch this movie because I am sure that everybody would learn something by it.