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The Children of the Marshland

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Music director
  
Pierre Bachelet

Duration
  

Country
  
France

Director
  
Jean Becker

Screenplay
  
Sebastien Japrisot

Language
  
French

The Children of the Marshland movie scenes Despite a gloomy journey into the perilous marsh land which set the scene for the first film the group end up in Eel Marsh Manor now decrepit and

Writer
  
Sebastien Japrisot
,
Georges Montforez

Release date
  
France: 3 March 1999

Cast
  
Jacques Villeret
(Riton),
Jacques Gamblin
(Garriss),
Andre Dussollier
(Amedee),
Michel Serrault
(Pepe la Rainette),
Eric Cantona
(Jo Sardi)

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Directed by Jean Becker, Jacques Villeret movies, Set in France

The Children of the Marshland (French: Les Enfants du marais) is a 1999 French film directed by Jean Becker.

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Plot

The film is set in a marsh, 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.

Cast

  • Jacques Villeret - Riton
  • Jacques Gamblin - Garris
  • André Dussollier - Amédée
  • Michel Serrault - Pépé la Rainette
  • Isabelle Carré - Marie
  • Eric Cantona - Jo Sardi
  • Jacques Boudet - Tane
  • Suzanne Flon - Old Cri Cri
  • Jacques Dufilho - Old man
  • Gisèle Casadesus - Madame Mercier
  • Roland Magdane - Felix
  • Eriq Ebouaney

    • References

    The Children of the Marshland Wikipedia
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