A Year In Provence - Complete Set [VHS]

A Year In Provence - Complete Set [VHS]
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A Year In Provence - Complete Set [VHS]

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Actor: Jean-Pierre Delage, Jo Doumerg, John Thaw, Lindsay Duncan, Marcel Champel
Director: David Tucker
Cinematographer: Nigel Walters
Editor: Chris Wimble
Producer: Barry Hanson
Producer: Ian Brindle
Producer: Ken Riddington
Writer: Michael Sadler
Writer: Peter Mayle
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 360 minutes
Release Date: 1996-12-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Studio: A&E Home Video

VHS Movie Reviews of A Year In Provence - Complete Set [VHS]

Movie Review: Light enjoyable chance to live vicariously in France
Summary: 4 Stars

This is light entertainment that can take you away from your own life for awhile. Its very well written and acted. John Thaw is wonderful as Peter Mayles and he captures the spirit of the book.

However, if you are one of those people who insist on a very literal interpretation of the book, you may find fault with this dramatization. "A Year in Provence" was a small book and this DVD is four episodes in length. There is a lot of added material, but its very much in the style of Mayles' book. While I enjoyed the book very much, I found the DVD to be just as much fun with the added bonus of the scenery of Provence.

When we finished watching this DVD, we missed being in Provence with the characters in the story. A warning to potential viewers- you will find yourself on the computer perusing property for sale in Provence when you've finished watching it!

Movie Review: great escape movie
Summary: 5 Stars

Anyone who's dreamed of living in another country will have fun with this movie. The grass isn't always greener on the other side; it's multi-colored. Quirky people are everywhere; only the landscape changes. I'm at a point in my life where traveling is financially impossibile, so this was a great way to escape and exercise my restless imagination.

Movie Review: great video
Summary: 5 Stars

I had read a couple of this author's books, kinda make you hungry with all the food descriptions! I really enjoyed them so I thought I'd get the video and I'm glad I did. Very enjoyable viewing.

Movie Review: A Year in Provence
Summary: 5 Stars

Several years ago, my husband and I spent almost a year in Provence. Having read the book, I wanted to see the movie. We were great fans of the late John Thaw on British TV. A little slow, but enjoyable entertainment. Beautiful scenery,

Movie Review: Classic Peter Mayle
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a classic! The movie is four 90 minute segments and I wish each segment was 120 minutes. It's in English and French with no subtitles but you will understand everything they are saying. If you enjoy life, you will enjoy this movie!

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Summary of A Year In Provence - Complete Set [VHS]

" Peter and Annie Mayle fulfill their cherished dream when they quit the London rat race and move to rustic Provence to savor the French way of life good food, fine wines, and seductive climate. But the Provencal way is quite different even the French find it peculiar. Based on Peter Mayle's international bestseller of the same name, A YEAR IN PROVENCE is the hilarious account of the Mayle's first year in their new home, adjusting to the idiosyncrasies of the locals and the quaint traditions of an ancient and charming region: Winter The Mayles bid adieu to gloomy London and begin their new life in a cozy farmhouse in the Luberon valley.Spring With the glorious Spring comes a parade of visitors lured by the extravagant meals and the generous Mayles. Summer The long days are slow and savory, marked by leisurely games of boules French bowling in the town square.Fall The year in Provence ends with crisp days and a cellar full of wine produced right on the Mayle grounds. "

A Year in Provence, the made-for-TV version of the bestselling book by Peter Mayle, captures a year in the lives of Brits Mayle (John Thaw) and his wife Annie (Lindsay Duncan) in southern France. The Mayles both revel in and endure what for most would be a fantasy experience: leaving dull jobs, acquiring an old farmhouse in Provence, and (for Peter) attempting to write a novel in the midst of bucolic countryside, gourmet food and drink, and interesting people. With an Agatha Christie-meets-To the Manor Born sensibility, the Mayles brave mistral winds, truffle season and the Mafia that surrounds it, exasperating neighbors, constant summer guests, an attempt at old-fashioned winemaking, and a Father Christmas drama--all while trying to renovate their kitchen.

This is not an in-depth look at expatriate living; rather, Mayle gives us a pastiche of the comedic situations he and his wife find themselves in. Some viewers may yearn for more shots of the scenic locations and a more serious treatment of Proven?al culture, but most will find this a whimsical adventure and an entertaining slice of fantasy meets reality. --Stefanie Durbin

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