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One of the best films of all time

posted 19 years ago by diesel-magoo
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I cant believe how little this film is know in the USofA
In europe it is very well know and will be on British/ Irish telly once a year. This is a truly magical film that will stay with you for as long as the haunting harmonica theme. Jean and Its sequal Manon Des Source are not two films but part one and two of the same film. you really can't watch them in isolation.
It has everything Greed, revenge, murder, great local characters and an amazing twist.
and daniel auteuil and emmanuel bert are husband and wife or at least were so in real life poor old Ugolin got the girl
I CANT RECOMMEND THIS FILM HIGHLY ENOUGH 10 ON 10 FIVE STARS TWO THUMBS UP AND IT SPAWNED A SERIES OF ADVERTS FOR FRENCH BEER ON BRITISH TV sorry got the caps on

[–] Remnant_Of_The_Abyss 13 years ago

UPDATE: It's been over a year now since I've started watching foreign language films. It's now a passion of mine. I've watched over 75 films since I first posted on this thread and JDF remains at the top spot as my all time favorite. I've also found some amazing other FLF's but I suspect that JDF will always remain #1 for me.

Please check out my FLF list. I started watching FLF's because of JDF!

There are some gems listed that are of equal quality to JDF and are just as unknown to the IMDb viewing audience. As you will see from the list, I have a penchant for the French Countryside.

ROTA Quintessential Foreign Language Films List: http://www.imdb.com/list/qQvbXmXhhCU/

Sorry about the shameless advertising, but I cannot suppress my love of the film Jean de Florette nor others like it, and I want to help share these films with others!

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[–] WarpedRecord 12 years ago

Breathtaking from start to finish, with beautiful cinematography, mesmerizing performances and a wrenching story that will stick with me forever. I gave it 9/10, only because I'm extremely selective with my 10s.

[–] Sol2010 11 years ago

So which movies have you given 10/10 ? Just curious!

[–] WarpedRecord 11 years ago

OK, it took a while because of the formatting, but here are my 10s. I've removed concert films and TV episodes. It may look like a lot of movies, but I've voted on almost 5,000 titles here.

Serial 1980
A Short Film About Love 1988
The Boys in the Band 1970
Cries & Whispers 1972
Days of Wine and Roses 1962
Cisco Pike 1972
The Buddy Holly Story 1978
Scenes from a Marriage 1973
Another Woman 1988
The Swimmer 1968
Flirting with Disaster 1996
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1982
The Upside of Anger 2005
Serial Mom 1994
Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1977
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969
Eyes of Laura Mars 1978
The Last Waltz 1978 Documentary
Woodstock 1970 Documentary
Safe 1995 Feature
Ordinary People 1980
Seconds 1966
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962
Being There 1979
House of Sand and Fog 2003
The Wicker Man 1973
Coming Home 1978
Nashville 1975
The Odd Couple 1968
The Player 1992
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Exotica 1994
The Notebook 2004
Requiem for a Dream 2000
Boogie Nights 1997
Psycho 1960
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
The Exorcist 1973
12 Angry Men 1957
Taxi Driver 1976
Napoleon Dynamite 2004
Match Point 2005
This Is Spinal Tap 1984
Deliverance 1972
Rosemary's Baby 1968
Blue Velvet 1986
Punch-Drunk Love 2002
Ed Wood 1994
Midnight Cowboy 1969
Hairspray 1988
Capote 2005
Best in Show 2000
The Apartment 1960
Don't Look Now 1973
Harold and Maude 1971

[–] rave195 11 years ago

I would have to definitely agree. From the scenery to the acting to the supposed simplicity of showing such deep emotions, it is one of the best. I just discovered the connection between the two, seeing Mamon FIRST, liking that, then realizing it was the sequel to JDF! Have always appreciated Gerard Depardieu French quirky acting but it is what it is. Just ordered it up on Amazon to have my own copies and to of course push it on my unsuspecting fellow foreign film aficionados. (Not that I know many, it seems sub-titles bothers most impatient people) If anything makes me focus even more on the ongoing story...The ending of Mamon was so poignant, gave me goosebumps!

Enjoy!

[–] mylesag 11 years ago

Simply the Best!!

[–] beautifulbrugmansia 11 years ago

I saw this film for the first time many years ago. I have watched it every time it is on the tellie ever since. Watching it again right now on SBS in Australia.
Maybe because we understand the harshness of the Land without water, it feels so true. The follow up is also very good, both should be seen as two halves of one film.
It has everything in it, and for me is a 9.
Please watch it if you haven't seen it before.I grew some beautiful Carnations after watching it for the first time, inspired by the ones grown in the film.

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