The Children of the Marshland

CinematographyJean-Marie DreujouEdited byJacques WittaMusic byPierre BacheletDistributed byUGC-Fox Distribution115 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBudget€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.

Plot

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.

Cast

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

Production

Filming took place entirely in Rhône-Alpes:^[2]

• Ain (Colomieu, Montmerle-sur-Saône, Trévoux, Cerdon, Fareins)
• Rhône (Lyon, Morancé, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Cogny)
• Ardèche (Lamastre)

• Lac d'Arboréiaz
• 
  Riton's shack
• 
  Pond near Riton's shack
• 
  General view of the pond

Box office

The film was one of the highest grossing French films for the year, with a gross of $11.3 million.^[1][3]

References

External links

• The Children of the Marshland at IMDb