The Children of the Marshland | |
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Directed by | Jean Becker |
Screenplay by | Sébastien Japrisot |
Based on | Les Enfants du marais by Georges Montforez |
Produced by | Christian Fechner |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Jean-Marie Dreujou |
Edited by | Jacques Witta |
Music by | Pierre Bachelet |
Distributed by | UGC-Fox Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | €9.2 million [1] |
Box office | $11.3 million [1] |
The Children of the Marshland (French : Les Enfants du marais) is a 1999 French film directed by Jean Becker.
The film is set in a marsh, along the banks of Loire river, about ten years after the great war. 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.
Filming took place entirely in Rhône-Alpes: [2]
The film was one of the highest grossing French films for the year, with a gross of $11.3 million. [1] [3]
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