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Jofroi

Jofroi

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 16, 1934

Runtime

0h 48m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

65%

Original Title

Jofroi

Production Companies

Les Auteurs Associés

Director

Marcel Pagnol

Description

Jofroi sells his orchard to Alphonse. Alphonse wants to use the land for crops, so he starts to cut down the trees. Jofroi is furious: how can someone cut down those trees? He threatens to commit suicide so that the small town will blame Alphonse and Alphonse’s life will be miserable. Alphonse, the curate, the teacher, and some of the townsfolk spend the rest of the movie trying to keep Jofroi from committing suicide…