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| Pascale Audret | ... |
Hortense
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| Charles Blavette | ... |
L'oncle Simon
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Henri Arius | ... |
L'oncle de Cavaillon
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Odette Barencey | ... |
Joséphine
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Jean Clarens | ... |
Le notaire
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Hélène Gerber | ... |
La femme d'Elie
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| Harry-Max | ... |
Le juge de paix
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| Hubert de Lapparent | ... |
Elie - un cultivateur
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Robert Lombard | ... |
Le cousin de Rochebrune
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| Pierre Moncorbier | ... |
L'oncle vigneron
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| Jean Panisse | ... |
Le boucher
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Maurice Sarfati | ... |
Le cousin de Cavaillon
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Jean-Marie Serreau | ... |
Le Jéhovah de Perthuis
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Madeleine Sylvain | ... |
La bouchère
(as Madeleine Silvain)
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Arlette Thomas | ... |
La femme de Dabisse
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| Milly Mathis | ... |
La tante de Cavaillon
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| Germaine Kerjean | ... |
La tante de Rochebrune
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| Andrée Debar | ... |
La cousine from Rochebrune
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Jean Giono | ... |
Le récitant (uncredited) (voice)
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| Dany Saval | ... |
(uncredited)
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Jean Toscan | ... |
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Directed by
| François Villiers | ||
Written by
| Alain Allioux | ... | (adaptation) |
| Jean Giono | ... | () |
Produced by
| Claude Clert | ... | producer |
Music by
| Guy Béart | ||
Cinematography by
| Paul Soulignac | ||
Editing by
| Édouard Berne | ||
Production Design by
| Jean-Pierre Thévenet | ||
Production Management
| Jacques Levron | ... | production manager |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Georges Barsky | ... | camera operator |
Script and Continuity Department
| Suzanne Bon | ... | script supervisor |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Continental Distributing (1960) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont (1958) (France) (theatrical)
- I.V.C. (1998) (Japan) (DVD)
- I.V.C. (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Old Félix, a prosperous land owner in Haute Provence, will be expropriated because a dam is being built on the River Durance and his estate is to be flooded. He receives thirty million francs in compensation but dies soon after. Hortense, his only daughter, inherits the money but the trouble is that Félix has hidden the loot somewhere and it is nowhere to be found. All of Hortense's next of kin suddenly take an interest in the "poor orphan" and those greedy ones - with the exception of kind-hearted uncle Simon - put pressure on the girl, and try - through wile, threat and even murder, to inveigle her inheritance. But however young and frail Hortense is, she is nobody's fool. Written by Guy Bellinger |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The story revolves around the building of an actual dam by EDF, the French electricity company, the Barrage de Serre-Ponçon, which started in 1955. But as the dam would not be operative before 1960, the Chaudanne dam dubbed for Serre-Ponçon for the flooding sequence. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Episode dated 3 April 1982 (1982). See more » |
| Soundtracks | L'Eau Vive See more » |