''Jean de Florette'' is set in the 1920's, in the beautiful, forbiddingly arid hills 30 or so miles north of Marseilles but light-years away in terms of manners and habits.

When did Manon des Sources take place?

One day, Manon plots revenge against Ugolin and Cesar and the whole town is in despair. Roaming the rich valleys and the verdurous pastures of 1930s Provence, proud shepherdess, Manon, the beautiful eighteen-year-old daughter of late Jean Cadoret, is still reeling from the sudden death of her father.

Who dies Jean de Florette?

By the end of the film, Ugolin has hanged himself and Cesar has had the most bitter shock imaginable. Jean Cadoret, the man he worked so assiduously to destroy, was his son by Florette. The Soubeyran line thus ends because of his own actions. One noteworthy difference between the two films is the variance in tones.