Jean de Florette
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:35:00
This little circle is a well,
or a spring.

:35:04
Where's the rosemary patch?
:35:06
Here.
:35:08
The spring is about a mile away,
at the end of that valley.

:35:12
That's ours too.
:35:14
I know the place!
It's beyond that hill.

:35:18
It's a steep climb
up to the spring.

:35:20
The water's good, but the stream
is as wide as my thumb.

:35:24
I hope it's not far.
:35:26
At least an hour's walk.
:35:29
We'd only need to go
once a week.

:35:32
It'll be our Sunday walk!
:35:34
A Piedmontese lumberjack
and his wife live in the grotto.

:35:39
The wife is sort of a witch.
She knows everything.

:35:43
They're nice, they're clean.
But if it bothers you, they'll leave.

:35:47
God forbid! If they're happy there,
I won't chase them away.

:35:52
We'll go there soon.
This water problem is serious.

:35:56
There's no rush.
:35:58
Right now my well is full so you
can come by for a bucket or two a day.

:36:04
A generous offer
that I gratefully accept!

:36:07
You're wondering why
I decided to settle here.

:36:12
Yes, I'm wondering.
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It's because I've decided...
:36:19
that my happiness lies
in returning to nature.

:36:24
I'm here to cultivate
the authentic!

:36:28
The ''othentic''?
:36:30
Yes. I want to eat vegetables
from my garden...

:36:35
collect oil from my olive trees
and eggs from my hens...

:36:39
and drink wine
from my vineyard.

:36:41
That'll take time.
The olive trees have grown wild.

:36:45
They'll need three years
of cultivating.

:36:48
A vineyard, too,
will need three years.

:36:51
But vegetables can't grow
without water.

:36:54
We'll see!
:36:56
Thanks to the inheritance
my thrifty mother left me...


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