Synopsis
The old Jofroi sold his orchard to Fonse, but when the latter started to uproot the old unproductive trees, Jofroi opposed him. In order to portray Fonse as a cruel executioner, he blackmailed him by threatening to commit suicide…
Technical data
- Duration: 52 minutes
- Genre: Dramatic comedy
- Director, screenplay and dialogues: Marcel Pagnol
- Based on the novel by Jean Giono, Jofroi de la Maussan, published in 1932 in Solitude de la pitié
- Set design: Jean Bijon
- Photography: Willy Faktorovitch
- Sound: Pierre-Louis Calvet
- Editing: Suzanne de Troeye et André Robert
- Music: Vincent Scotto
- Production company: Les Auteurs Associés
Distribution
- Vincent Scotto: Jofroi
- Henri Poupon: Fonse Durbec
- Annie Toinon: Barbe
- Charles Blavette: Tonin
- Edouard Delmont: Gustave
- Odette Roger: Marie Durbec
- André Robert: the schoolteacher
- José Tyrand: the priest
- Henry Darbray: the notary
