The read
A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 75/100. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
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, and are dismayed to hear that 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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic75/100
625 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Claude PetitOriginal Music Composer
- Claude BerriScreenplay
- Gérard BrachScreenplay
- Claude BerriDirector
Cast
- Yves MontandCésar Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
- Gérard DepardieuJean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
- Daniel AuteuilUgolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
- Elisabeth DepardieuAimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
- Margarita LozanoBaptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
- Ernestine MazurownaManon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée
- Armand MeffrePhiloxène, mayor
- André DuponPamphile, joiner
- Pierre NougaroCasimir
- Jean MaurelAnglade, believer
- Roger SouzaAnge, hydrant man
- Didier PainEliacin
Themes
francebased on novel or bookprovencegreedbattle for powersourceneighbormarcel pagnolspring (water)
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