The Children of the Marshland
(1999)
★ 7.1 IMDb · 189 votes
Year: 1999
Runtime: 115 мин
Country: France
Director: Jean Becker
Cast: Jacques Villeret, Жак Гамблен, Андре Дюссолье, Michel Serrault, Изабель Карре, Éric Cantona, Сюзанн Флон, Жак Дюфило, Gisèle Casadesus, Roland Magdane
Plot
The film is set in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river in 1918. 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.
A chronicle of a group of friends in rural France between the wars. Garris and Riton live in the marshlands along the banks of the 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.