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Director:
Étienne Chatiliez
Writers:
Étienne Chatiliez (writer)
Florence Quentin (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 February 1988 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy 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... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
A cleverly devised movie that captures perfectly dark French humor. more (14 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
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:
Life Is a Long Quiet River
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Certification:
Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Spain:T | Sweden:7
Company:
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) more

Fun Stuff

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

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
A cleverly devised movie that captures perfectly dark French humor., 14 June 2002
Author: bobgask from Northern Virginia

Unlike the feel good, "everything turns out for the best," "innate human goodness" fluff comedies that we see in the US, this film is based on the proposition that, under pressure, everyone falls to the level of the lowest common denominator.

Years in the past a scorned nurse/lover switched newborns to spite the doctor who was the subject of her ire. When it was revealed, in the present, that these families from opposite sides of the track had each raised the other's son to his early teens, they set about to make it right. After all, there was enough success to go around. Right?

Rather than bringing everyone up to the level of the wealthy politician's family, however, the children (siblings included) become a lot of foul mouthed, cigarette smoking, truants who enjoy their delinquent lives to the fullest. Naturally, the parents follow suit.

No one is immune. The film is a keeper, though the humor is decidedly French and some subtleties are likely lost in the translation.

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