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Directed by | Jean Becker |
Produced by | Christian Fechner |
Screenplay by | Sébastien Japrisot |
Based on |
Les Enfants du marais by Georges Montforez |
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Music by | Pierre Bachelet |
Cinematography | Jean-Marie Dreujou |
Edited by | Jacques Witta |
Distributed by | UGC-Fox Distribution |
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115 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | €9.2 million |
Box office | $11.3 million |
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 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.