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Life Is a Long Quiet River (French: La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille) is a 1988 French comedy film directed by Étienne Chatiliez

Plot

In a maternity clinic two children from families with completely different social backgrounds are switched at birth. One goes on to live in an upper-middle-class family while the other to a poor family. Twelve years later, the mistake is discovered and the child living with the poor family is taken back by his parents, but keeps in touch with his former family and makes them encounter his new brothers and sisters. A series of satirical and comedic scenes follow.

Cast

Benoît Magimel as Momo Groseille

Valérie Lalonde as Bernadette Le Quesnoy

Hélène Vincent as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy

André Wilms as Monsieur Jean Le Quesnoy

Tara Römer as Million Groseille (as Tara Romer)

Jérôme Floch as Toc-Toc Groseille

Sylvie Cubertafon as Ghislaine

Catherine Jacob as Marie-Thérèse

Catherine Hiegel as Josette

Emmanuel Cendrier as Pierre Le Quesnoy

Guillaume Hacquebart as Paul Le Quesnoy

Jean-Brice Van Keer as Mathieu Le Quesnoy

Praline Le Moult as Emmanuelle Le Quesnoy

Axel Vicart as Franck

Claire Prévost as Roselyne Groseille

Christine Pignet as Madame Groseille

Maurice Mons as Monsieur Groseille

Cult status

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Due in part to the film's being shown on French television rather often, it has gained a sort of cult following among young French people. The song 'Jésus Reviens' sung at church in the film is instantly recognisable to many French youth as a key example of the film's many satirical digs at the French Catholic bourgeois culture in the era it was filmed.