The Water of the Hills
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The Water of the Hills is a two-volume novel by the French writer and director Marcel Pagnol, made up of Jean de Florette and Manon des sources, both originally published in 1962. It was first transla
Cover of a comic book adaptation of the first part of the book (French edition)
Jean de Florette
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Jean de Florette is a 1986 French period drama film directed by Claude Berri. It is the first part of a diptych with Manon of the Spring, released the same year. Both are the adaptation of Marcel Pagn
The Water of the Hills
…near Aubagne (and thus near the fictional La Bastide). An adaptation of the complete novel was directed by Claude Berri in 1986, with the two films Jean de Florette and Manon des sources. Jean de Florette is the story of ‘le bossu’, a hunchbacked former clerk in a tax office who inherits a farm in the hills above…
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