Jean de Florette

In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour, Jean Cadoret, a hunchback who works in the city, tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. César Soubeyran, Jean's uncle, is a proud patriarch who manipulates those around him to achieve his goals, including his nephew Ugolin. As Jean struggles to maintain his farm, the villagers turn against him, and the situation spirals into tragedy.