''Jofroi'' is a 1934 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionabl ...

and starring

Vincent Scotto Vincent Scotto (21 April 1874 – 15 November 1952) was a French composer. Biography Early life Vincent Scotto was born on 21 April 1874 in Marseille to Pasquale Scotto d'Aniello and Antonia Intartaglia, from the island of Procida, north of th ...

. It tells the story of a man who has sold his orchard. When the new owner wants to cut the trees down, the former owner threatens with suicide. The film is based on the short story "Jofroi de la Maussan" by

Jean Giono Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French writer who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France. First period Jean Giono was born to a family of modest means, his father a cobbler of Piedmontese descent a ...

, which appears in the collection of his short stories '' The Solitude of Compassion''.

Cast

as Jofroi * Henri Poupon as Fonse * Charles Blavette as Antonin * Odette Roger as Marie * Annie Toinon as Barbe * Henri Darbrey as Le notaire * André Robert as L' instituteur * José Tyrand as Le curé

References

Bibliography

* Betz, Mark. ''Beyond the Subtitle: Remapping European Art Cinema''. University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

External links

''Jofroi''
at marcel-pagnol.com 1934 drama films 1934 films Films based on short fiction Films based on works by Jean Giono Films directed by Marcel Pagnol French drama films 1930s French-language films French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub