I would lik to visit France and see this popular Provence. Can you tell me such films that show me the place.

Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources (Manon of the Spring) (based on Marcol Pagnol's work)--real gems. La gloire de mon pere and Le Chateau de ma mere (My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle) are two other masterpieces based on his work.

Horseman on the Roof with Binoche.

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The ones mentioned by Sue are the first ones that come to mind and probably your best bet, they have a lot of scenery in them and are Pagnol's love letter to Provence (he was born there in a small town near Aix, Aubagne). I liked them all, Le Chateau de ma Mere perhaps last in preference. More modern settings are one by Eric Rohmer, Conte d'automne (concentrates more on people than the place, but I liked it), and there is a new one that just came out on video (at least in Europe) which was shown at Cannes last summer, Les âmes fortes, set in 19th Cen. provence.

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Contempt-with Bridget Bardot,<BR>A Man and a Women(for scenes in the camargue),<BR>A very curious girl-Bernadette Lafont,<BR>Voyage en douce-Dominique Sandra<BR>Bay of Angels(Marie Baie des Angels,<BR>Sand and Blood,<BR>Innocents with Dirty Hands-Romy Schneider,<BR>Les biches-Stephanie Audran<BR>La Collectionneuse,<BR>La cage Aux Folles,<BR>Purple Noon(plein soliel)-Alain Delon;<BR>The Baker's wife, cesar, fanny, angele, marius, nais,these last six are the classic films of Marcel Pagnol whose true story is My Mother's House, My Fathers Glory. These are all very old films, so I don't remember all the starring names