Product Description: A sprawling tale of greed, betrayal, and revenge plays out amid the bucolic splendor of the French countryside in Claude Berri’s masterly two-film adaptation of a literary work by the legendary Marcel Pagnol. Spanning three generations in the lives of two families, Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring vividly recreate the provincial world of an early-twentieth-century village, where an outsider’s arrival sets in motion a devastating chain of events. With gorgeous cinematography, keen insights into human nature, and superb performances from icons of French cinema (Gérard Depardieu, Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, and Emmanuelle Béart), these richly absorbing moral tales—at the time of their production, the most expensive French films ever made—are triumphs of epic storytelling in the classical tradition.
JEAN DE FLORETTE
The sun-dappled beauty of the Provence countryside belies dark motivations, in the first installment of Claude Berri’s monumental pastoral tragedy. When the naively idealistic tax collector Jean Cadoret (Gérard Depardieu) unexpectedly inherits a family farm, he leaves the city for a new life in the agrarian community where his mother, Florette, grew up—though she moved away decades ago. His neighbors, however, the scheming Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil) and his proud uncle César Soubeyran (Yves Montand), have plotted to divert the flow of water away from Jean’s land. Brought to extraordinary life by acting legends Depardieu, Auteuil, and Montand, Jean de Florette draws viewers into a fully realized vision of 1920s rural France in which the culture clash between modern ideas and the rustic older codes of the country takes a heartbreaking turn.
MANON OF THE SPRING
Shot simultaneously with Jean de Florette, this second chapter in the epic story of the intersecting fates of the Cadoret and Soubeyran families unfolds ten years after the events of the first film, as Jean Cadoret’s daughter, Manon (Emmanuelle Béart, in a César-winning performance), now a teenage shepherdess, learns of the circumstances that drove her family to ruin—and seeks revenge on those responsible. A stirring portrait of a young woman’s awakening to her own agency, Manon of the Spring brings to a close Claude Berri’s sweeping Marcel Pagnol adaptation with a devastating power that approaches Greek tragedy.
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JUMP BACK TO TOPDirector: Claude Berri
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Beart
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 234 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: French
Studio: Criterion
Home Video Release Date: April 22, 2025
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- Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
- Resolution: 1080p
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Region: Region A/1
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- Codec: HEVC / H.265
- Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- HDR: HDR10
- Region: Region A/1
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- Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
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JUMP BACK TO TOP- New 4K digital restorations, supervised by director of photography Bruno Nuytten, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
- Claude Berri: The Card Dealer (2018), a documentary on director Claude Berri’s life and career
- The Force of Destiny (2017), a documentary about the making of the films
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- New English subtitle translations
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Sue Harris
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