Product: Jean de Florette (1987)
Rating: 5.0
Depiction of coarse human nature
Jean de Florette and Manon the Spring have very special place in my movie collection. These are very long, French movies. Often some people just hate French movies, because they are so pecked with meaning and philosophy, and they are so lengthy and slow. Although, I can not say that this movie is too different from the typical european cinema stereotype, Jean de Florette is very moving and powerful movie. These two movies, together, bring to us the historical picture of the late 19th century, France. I thought the movie had a great theme: intellectual man, who wants to live like a Roussau's noble savage(man of freedom), move into a small rural, agricultural town. He tries to use methods developed by scientists and rationalists into farming. At the same time, the story introduces a native farmer with dark intentions, jean de florette. His greed, pretention, and obsession drive him to do unthinkable evil to his new neighbor. Jean de Florette is a must have classic for all movie lovers.