Musical???


Is this movie in any way related to the baker's wife,a musical by stephen schwartz?? did it come before it??

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Yes, the musical is based on the film.

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Yes, the film and the musical come from the same source material, which is an episode that happens in Jean le Bleu by French author Jean Giono. Marcel Pagnol adapted a handful of Giono's works for film. There doesn't appear to be an English translation of the book, alas.

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