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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Cast
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
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