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5 unusual facts about Jean de Florette


Anthea Benton

Their work for Stella Artois launched the brands distinctive style of honouring European cinema, with its nod to Jean de Florette.

La forza del destino

The musical score for the French films Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources uses the main theme for both.

Reassuringly Expensive

It is the seventh piece in the Jean de Florette-inspired "Reassuringly Expensive" series that had been running since 1992.

The 1990s UK television advertising campaigns became known for their distinctive style of imitating European cinema and their leitmotif taken from the score of Jean de Florette, inspired, in turn, by Giuseppe Verdi's La forza del destino.

Vaugines

The countryside surrounding Vaugines is wild and typical of Provence, and was chosen by film director Claude Berri for the filming of parts of his adaptions of Marcel Pagnol's novels Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources.


Élisabeth Depardieu

Élisabeth appeared in two movies with then-husband Gérard Depardieu: Jean de Florette (1986), in which they played husband and wife, and Le Tartuffe (1984).

Marcel Pagnol

Pagnol adapted his own film Manon des Sources, with his wife, Jacqueline, in the title role, into two novels, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, collectively titled L'Eau des Collines.

Mid Ulster Film Festival

Since its inception, the festival has aimed to reflect the cultural, visual and narrative diversity of both international and Irish independent filmmakers through its consistently strong and exciting programming, including feature films, such as Cinema Paradiso, Nobody’s Fool, starring Paul Newman, Jean de Florette, late night film 8.5 Hours and a Saturday matinée, Cats & Dogs.


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