A Year in Provence

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A Year in Provence ★★★ 1989

Retired London executive Peter Mayle and his wife Annie decide to leave England to live in the south of France. They buy a 200-year-old farmhouse and experience all the trials and amusements of forging a new life in a different country, complete with different language and customs. They hoped for tranquility and what they got were eccentric neighbors, endless renovations, lots of company, and a taste for good food and drink. Based on Mayle's autobiographical novels “A Year in Provence” and “Tonjours Provence” and filmed on location. 360m/C VHS, DVD . GB John Thaw, Lindsay Duncan, Bernard Spiegel, Jean-Pierre Delage, Maryse Kuster, Louis Lyonnet; D: David Tucker; W: Michael Sadler. TV