The Children of the Marshland (1999-03-03)
Overview
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.
7.1
Watch Trailer
Status: Released
Release Date: 1999-03-03
Runtime: 1h 55m
Director: Jean Becker
Writer: Sébastien Japrisot
Close
Official Videos
Close
Top Cast
Jacques Villeret
Henri Pignol, aka Riton
Jacques Gamblin
Garriss
André Dussollier
Amédée
Michel Serrault
Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
Isabelle Carré
Marie
Éric Cantona
Joseph "Jo" Sardi
Suzanne Flon
Cri-Cri Pignol, aged
Jacques Dufilho
Old man
Gisèle Casadesus
Mrs. Mercier
Roland Magdane
Félix
Élisabeth Commelin
Marthe
Julie Marboeuf
Emilie
Jenny Clève
Berthe
Philippe Magnan
Laurent
Jacques Boudet
Tane
Marlene Baffier
Cri-Cri Pignol, young
Romain Dreyfus
Pierrot of the city
Jacques Chaillier
Pierrot of the marsh
Maxime Monsimier
Jojo
Anne Le Guernec
Mireille
Margot Marguerite
Manager
Mélanie Baxter-Jones
Catherine
Pierre Bianco
Banker
Jacques Dynam
Ferrardin
Ériq Ebouaney
'Banania'
Christian Taponard
Jo's lawyer
Charles Tordjman
Department store manager
Fabienne Labanda
John Fernie
Patrick Lizana
Maggy Dussauchoy
Liana Fulga
Isabelle Sadoyan
Stephane Kordylas
Jean Maurel
Denis Montagnol
Henri-Edouard Osinski
Bernard Villanueva

Similar

Sysmäläinen

1938-11-06

Wuthering Heights

1939-04-07

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948-01-15

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964-06-19

Frankenstein: The True Story

1974-09-19

Shane

1953-04-23

The Night of the Hunter

1955-07-27

Midnight Cowboy

1969-05-25

Barry Lyndon

1975-12-18

バトル・ロワイアル

2000-12-16

Bičianka z doliny

1981-01-01

Orígenes secretos

2020-08-28

A Killing Affair

1985-10-24

The Midnight Sky

2020-12-10

Viaggio in Italia

1954-09-07

24 Hour Party People

2002-02-13

Adaptation.

2002-12-06

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956-10-17

B. Monkey

1999-07-15

明日の食卓

2021-05-28

Recommendations

Smoking / No Smoking

1993-12-15

Les Brigades du Tigre

2006-04-14

Synonymes

2019-02-28

まあだだよ

1993-04-17

Elisa

1995-02-01

Est-Ouest

1999-09-01

Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown

2014-04-27

Assassin(s)

1997-04-30

Gas-oil

1955-10-18

Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ

1982-10-06

Les Enfants de Timpelbach

2008-12-17

Jean de Florette

1986-08-27

Coexister

2017-10-11

Habemus Papam

2011-04-15

Take the Money and Run

1969-08-18

A River Runs Through It

1992-10-09

Ténor

2022-05-04

Any Given Sunday

1999-12-22

A Wrinkle in Time

2018-03-08

The Life of David Gale

2003-02-21