The Children of the Marshland
Les Enfants du marais
Release: 1999-03-03
·Runtime: 115m
·★ 7.1
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
UGC Films
Les Films Christian Fechner
Cast
André Dussollier
as Amédée
Élisabeth Commelin
as Marthe
Isabelle Sadoyan
Philippe Magnan
as Laurent
Jacques Dynam
as Ferrardin
Christian Taponard
as Jo's lawyer
Henri-Edouard Osinski
Jenny Clève
as Berthe
Isabelle Carré
as Marie
Éric Cantona
as Joseph "Jo" Sardi
Suzanne Flon
as Cri-Cri Pignol, aged
Gisèle Casadesus
as Mrs. Mercier
Jacques Villeret
as Henri Pignol, aka Riton
Jacques Boudet
as Tane
Roland Magdane
as Félix
Julie Marboeuf
as Emilie
Maggy Dussauchoy
Liana Fulga
Jacques Gamblin
as Garriss
Jacques Dufilho
as Old man
Mélanie Baxter-Jones
as Catherine
Charles Tordjman
as Department store manager
Jean Maurel
Michel Serrault
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
Anne Le Guernec
as Mireille
Ériq Ebouaney
as 'Banania'
Bernard Villanueva
Crew
Christian Fechner
Producer
Sébastien Japrisot
Writer
William Flageollet
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jacques Witta
Editor
Guillaume Sciama
Sound
Georges Montforez
Novel
Hervé Truffaut
Executive Producer
Jean Becker
Director
Pierre Bachelet
Original Music Composer
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Director of Photography