I haven't seen it but a part of the story (the book) is in our frensh book and we're reading it at the moment.
so I thought I could watch what you are writing here about it...
NOTHING?!
... whatever
Highly recommended as is Part 2: Manon of the Spring. Ignore what the one person wrote. It is true cinema artwork. Creative characters, plot, music, acting. Decide for yourself. View Jean and then Manon for plot flow.
garyrbeck
San Francisco,CA.
That's interesting. I'm learning French, and they showed it too in our French class. Must be popular for "cultural" reasons.
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.
We're going to watch it in our Frensh class too.
I just doubt that I will understand anything at all...
Liberalisierung der Wirtschaftspolitik... hm... confused now?
I'm surprise that you have to watch this film in a French class. It is a wonderful film, but the characters and the plot of the movie happen in the south of France, and the southern accent is very hard to understand even for a French person. I know...I am French. It is a fantastic movie with beautiful landscape. Maybe the teachers wants to show you more a way of life than the actual language. Let me know what you think once you've seen the movie
shareSouthern accent is not that hard to understand. I'm Romanian (living in Romania) and I never had any problem with Jean de Florette. My French edition of the Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources DVDs (like most French editions of French movies)has no subtitles. But the Provencal accent gives the movie an incredible charm. After I saw it I developped a kind of obsession with Provence so I started looking for all movies on this region I could get my hands on. This is how I stumbled upon Heureux qui comme Ulysse, le Schpountz, and a whole lot of Fernandel and Marcel Pagnol movies which filled my heart with joy (which is kind of odd with me being a '50 to '80 horror-flicks fan). So I believe it is a great way for students to discover a French culture different from what their are used to hearing in a moment when French-bashing is still a fresh memory.
shareWhen I use to do french we never watched films, incept Homealone???
I watched it on tv once and I loved it, my Dad promise to get me both: Jean de Florette and Manon des sources but it been a couple of years now
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I also saw it in my French class. I have a french penpal and we talked about it. It is played a lot in France as it is a famous movie.
shareI'm a French teacher and I show this film to my classes too. Not so much for the language, because I teach an elementary level of French, but for an introduction of French cinema. The students really respond to it.
As for me, the southern accent doesn't pose *that* much of a difficulty. Maybe because I have a close friend who is from Arles, and I speak French with her a lot.
I don't think of this as a movie and its sequel, but one movie with two chapters. It's all based on one novel, and if you only see the first one, it's like only reading part of the book. The story doesn't end until Papet comes to realize exactly what he's done; it's a classical theme of tragic drama.
Anyway, my students always respond positively to having seen it, and what's more, many of them become interested in seeing more world cinema. Often they'll grumble about subtitles (usually they're just adopting the attitudes they've heard others express), but once they movie's underway, they are rapt.
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I saw it years ago when it was released here in Canada, and rented it again some years later. I can say it's one of favourite movies! I agree with what someone posted...ignore the review on the imdb page. I think that person saw a different movie!
The "old country" French rural countryside is so evocative, and the characters are amazing and memorable.
I recommend this movie to anyone when we get talking about films.
Linda
Vancouver Canada
I watched Jean de Florette first in my Foreign Film class in college. It's really one of those movies that is ridiculously funny and sad at the same time. I love this movie, and the camera-work is absolutely beautiful. That's all I have to say =)
shareI also saw this movie in a French lesson, along with other french movies such as
Manon Des Sources
La Femme Nikita
Taxi :)
and many others
I noticed with Jean De Florette and the same with Manon De Sources that after the first few minutes of watching the movie i totally forgot it was in french and did not notice i was getting the words of the movie through the subtitles
I would highly recomend this movie and cannot think of a single bad thing to say about it
Our French class just finished watching the first part and are starting on Manon des Sources in a few weeks. To anyone who's seen the movie... don't buy rabbits. Remember what happened to Australia. :D
share"Jean de Florette", together with "Manon of the Spring" are in the top 5 of my best films list. Acting is superb, as well as the scenery. The story builds up to an emotional climax. The conclusion of "Manon" ties the two films together, packing an emotional wallop that will move anyone who watches. Unforgettable! These two movies opened the doors for me to the wonders of French cinema.
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