For some men, land and water are more precious than flesh and blood.
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.
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Yves Montand
César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
Gérard Depardieu
Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette
Daniel Auteuil
Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet
Elisabeth Depardieu
Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean
Margarita Lozano
Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave
Ernestine Mazurowna
Manon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée
Armand Meffre
Philoxène, mayor
André Dupon
Pamphile, joiner
Pierre Nougaro
Casimir
Jean Maurel
Anglade, believer
Roger Souza
Ange, hydrant man
Didier Pain
Eliacin
Pierre-Jean Rippert
Pascal, hydrant man
Marc Betton
Martial
Clément Cal
Méderic, bar boss
Claude Berri
Director, Screenplay
Gérard Brach
Screenplay
Marcel Pagnol
Novel
Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer
Bruno Nuytten
Director of Photography
Jean-Claude Petit
Original Music Composer
Arlette Langmann
Editor
Hervé de Luze
Editor
Noëlle Boisson
Editor
Jeanne Kef
Editor
Sophie Coussein
Editor
Catherine Serris
Editor
Corinne Lazare
Editor
Sylvie Gautrelet
Costume Design
Bernard Vézat
Production Design
