Directed by:
Claude Berri
Written by:
Claude Berri
Gérard Brach
Based on the novel by:
Marcel Pagnol
Genre:
Comedy | Drama
Runtime:
120 mins
Plot:
A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
Release Date:
August 27, 1986
Reception:
Cast:
Yves Montand
Daniel Auteuil
Gérard Depardieu
Élisabeth Depardieu
Emmanuelle Béart
Ernestine Mazurowna
Hippolyte Girardot
Margarita Lozano
Yvonne Gamy
Wins
- Best Film | Claude Berri
- Best Supporting Actor | Daniel Auteuil
- Best Adapted Screenplay | Claude Berri, Gérard Brach
- Best Cinematography | Bruno Nuytten
Nominations
- Best Direction | Claude Berri
- Best Leading Actor | Gérard Depardieu
- Best Leading Actor | Yves Montand
- Best Production Design | Bernard Vézat
- Best Make Up & Hair | Jean-Pierre Eychenne
- Best Foreign Language Film | Claude Berri
Nominations
- Best Foreign Language Film