The Children of the Marshland
(1999)
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The Children of the Marshland
(1999)
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Jacques Villeret | ... |
Riton
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| Jacques Gamblin | ... |
Garriss
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| André Dussollier | ... |
Amédée
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Michel Serrault | ... |
Pépé la Rainette
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| Isabelle Carré | ... |
Marie
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| Eric Cantona | ... |
Jo Sardi
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Suzanne Flon | ... |
Old Cri Cri
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Jacques Dufilho | ... |
Old man
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Gisèle Casadesus | ... |
Madame Mercier
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| Roland Magdane | ... |
Felix
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Elisabeth Commelin | ... |
Marthe
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Julie Marboeuf | ... |
Emilie
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Jenny Clève | ... |
Berthe
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Philippe Magnan | ... |
Laurent
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Jacques Boudet | ... |
Tane
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A chronicle of a group of friends in rural France in 1918. Garris and Riton live in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river. Riton is afflicted with a bad-tempered wife and three unruly children. Garris lives alone with his recollections of World War I trenches. Their daily life consists of seasonal work and visits from their two pals: Tane, the local train conductor and Amédée, a dreamer and voracious reader of classics. Meanwhile, Garris is overwhelmed by an unspoken love for a housemaid in the town, Marie... Written by L.H. Wong <lhw@sfs.org.sg>
This is a movie I would recomend for a boring sunday afternoon when you're feeling a bit blue and you're trying to evade thoughts of the outside world.
The scenery is beautiful and the word that comes to mind when I think of the message of the movie is - compassion. It's a low key story about fríendship and it really brightened my boring sunday afternoon.