Life Is a Long Quiet River ( La vie est un long fleuve tranquille )

Life Is a Long Quiet River (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La vie est un long fleuve tranquille
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Étienne Chatiliez

Written By:
Étienne Chatiliez
Florence Quentin

Actors:
Benoît Magimel ..... Momo Groseille
Valérie Lalande ..... Bernadette Le Quesnoy
Tara Römer ..... Million Groseille (as Tara Romer)
Jérôme Floch ..... Toc-Toc Groseille
Sylvie Cubertafon ..... Ghislaine
Emmanuel Cendrier ..... Pierre Le Quesnoy
Guillaume Hacquebart ..... Paul Le Quesnoy
Jean-Brice Van Keer ..... Mathieu Le Quesnoy
Praline Le Moult ..... Emmanuelle Le Quesnoy
Axel Vicart ..... Franck
Claire Prévost ..... Roselyne Groseille
Hélène Vincent ..... Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy
André Wilms ..... Monsieur Jean Le Quesnoy
Christine Pignet ..... Madame Groseille
Maurice Mons ..... Monsieur Groseille

Synopsis:

Life is a Long Quiet River is the satirically philosophical title for this French domestic comedy. Borrowing a page from The Corsican Brothers, the film begins with a castoff mistress spitefully switching a pair of newborn babies at the maternity ward managed by her doctor lover. As a result, the daughter (Valerie Lalande) of a family of tramps and thieves is raised in a comfy bourgeois household, while the lowlife family ends up with the middle-class family's offspring (Benoit Magimel). Twelve years after the fact, the discarded mistress confesses to her misdeed. The mistress' ex-lover, doctor Daniel Gelin, tries to set things right, with hilariously disastrous consequences. Director Etie Chatiliez had received his training in French TV commercials, so it's not surprising that Life is a Long Quiet River is a string of anecdotes and punchlines.

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