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Director:
Étienne Chatiliez
Writers:
Étienne Chatiliez (writer)
Florence Quentin (writer)
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Release Date:
3 February 1988 (France) See more »
Genre:
Comedy See more »
Plot:
Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
Depardieu says 'Ole' to ARP
 (From The Hollywood Reporter. 21 January 2005)
User Reviews:
quality French farce See more (16 total) »

Cast

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Benoît Magimel ... Momo Groseille
Valérie Lalande ... Bernadette Le Quesnoy
Tara Römer ... Million Groseille (as Tara Romer)
Jérôme Floch ... Toc-Toc Groseille
Sylvie Cubertafon ... Ghislaine
Emmanuel Cendrier ... Pierre Le Quesnoy
Guillaume Hacquebart ... Paul Le Quesnoy
Jean-Brice Van Keer ... Mathieu Le Quesnoy
Praline Le Moult ... Emmanuelle Le Quesnoy
Axel Vicart ... Franck
Claire Prévost ... Roselyne Groseille
Hélène Vincent ... Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy
André Wilms ... Monsieur Jean Le Quesnoy
Christine Pignet ... Madame Groseille
Maurice Mons ... Monsieur Groseille

Daniel Gélin ... Docteur Mavial
Catherine Hiegel ... Josette

Catherine Jacob ... Marie-Thérèse

Patrick Bouchitey ... Père Auberger
Abbes Zahmani ... Hamed
Khadou Fghoul ... Latifa
Ismael Bourabaa ... Rachid
Louise Comte ... La grand-mère
Liliane Ledun ... Madame Mavial
Luc Samaille ... Le livreur
Gilles Defacque ... Le chauffeur de taxi
Philippe Peltier ... L'instituteur
Pierre Rougier ... Le professeur d'anglais
Marc Spilmann ... Flic #1
Louis-Marie Taillefer ... Flic #2
Philippe Vacher ... Le docteur
Roger Dancoine ... Le brigadier
Jean-Pierre Fouillet ... Agent E.D.F. #1
Louis Becker ... Agent E.D.F. #2
Denis Barbier ... Le contrôleur S.N.C.F.
Elisabeth Tavernier ... Infirmière #1
Frédérique Moidon ... Infirmière #2
Marie-Luce Delesalle ... Speakerine #1
Rina Garfneur ... Speakerine #2
François Paoli ... Le journaliste T.V.
Johan Le Poulain ... Les labitte et Imor
André Vlaminck ... Les labitte et Imor
Franck Rossignol ... Les labitte et Imor
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Directed by
Étienne Chatiliez 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Étienne Chatiliez  writer
Florence Quentin  writer

Produced by
Charles Gassot .... producer
Florence Quentin .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Gérard Kawczynski 
 
Cinematography by
Pascal Lebègue 
 
Film Editing by
Chantal Delattre 
 
Casting by
Romain Brémond 
Frédérique Moidon 
 
Production Design by
Geoffroy Larcher 
 
Costume Design by
Elisabeth Tavernier 
 
Makeup Department
Agathe Moro .... hair stylist
Jasmine Nakache .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Jean-Yves Asselin .... unit production manager
Louis Becker .... production manager
Véronique Bourboulon .... unit manager
Emmanuelle Demolder .... unit manager
Christine Gaymay .... assistant unit manager
Nathalie Nghet .... assistant unit manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jérôme Boussier .... second assistant director
Patricia Eberhard .... first assistant director
Géraldine Petrovic .... trainee assistant director
 
Art Department
Georges Ampuero .... assistant property master
Thierry Deniau .... assistant art director
Jacques Dubus .... assistant property master
Pascal Graffin .... set dresser
Christian Talenton .... property master
 
Sound Department
Dominique Dalmasso .... sound
Jean Duguet .... foley engineer
Claude Hivernon .... boom operator
Jean-Pierre Lelong .... foley artist
Jacques Lévy .... post-synchronization
Harrik Maury .... sound
Mario Melchiorri .... assistant foley artist (as Mario Melchiori)
Anne-France Sion .... assistant sound editor
Jean-Christophe Winding .... sound editor
 
Special Effects by
Christian Talenton .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Florent Bazin .... first assistant camera
Albert Bonomi .... grip
Marc Casi .... grip
Dominique Coppin .... electrician
Vincent Delbarre .... grip
Bernard Fevrier .... electrician
Moune Jamet .... still photographer
Beatrice Mizrahi .... second assistant camera
Gilbert Seybald .... electrician
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chantal Bourbigot .... costumer
 
Editorial Department
Jean Dubreuil .... trainee assistant editor
Sylvie Quester .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Bernard Caroff .... group man
Chantal Desmoulins .... production secretary
Eva Simonet .... press attache
Jean Talvat .... production administrator
Sophie Thévenet-Becker .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"La vie est un long fleuve tranquille" - France (original title)
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 See more »
Certification:
Australia:M | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Spain:T | Sweden:7
Company:
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)See more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
France's most successful movie of 1988See more »
Movie Connections:
References Sauvage et beau (1984)See more »
Soundtrack:
C'est comme çaSee more »

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7 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
quality French farce, 7 March 2002
Author: Seb from Sydney

Etienne Chatiliez is a director possessing a deft hand for comedy both cruel and subtle: think "Tatie Danielle" for the former and "Le bonheur est dans le pre" for a bit of the latter. La vie est un long fleuve tranquille is a hilarious examination of class-based comedy in the late 80s in France, with the time honoured "baby-switching" plot point to kick things off. Great performances allow a very funny film to sparkle on the screen. Highly recommended.

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