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