Children of the Marshland
Synopsis
Garris and Riton are the last inhabitants of marshland on an unnamed spot near the Loire River. Riton is afflicted with a crabby wife and three rowdy kids, and drowns memories of his first wife in red wine. Garris lives alone—a hard worker, humane, generous, he gives everything he earns from fishing, gathering flowers, etc., to feed and care for Riton's kids. The crew is completed by Tane and Amédée, who often visit their friends in the marshland. Tane has a job: every day he drives the local little train. Amédée is a lazy dreamer who likes reading the classics, lives with his bankrupt father and slightly crazy sister Marie in a large, dilapidated house. One day, Marie crosses Garris's path.
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Director (1)
Actors (30)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Films Christian Fechner
- Co-productions : Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma, UGC Images
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Fox France
Full credits (20)
- Executive Producer : Christian Fechner
- Assistant Director : Alain Olivieri
- Adaptation : Sébastien Japrisot
- Author of original work : Georges Montforez
- Sound Recordist : Guillaume Sciama
- Line Producer : Hervé Truffaut
- Director of Photography : Jean-Marie Dreujou
- Sound assistant : Brigitte Taillandier
- Assistant Operator : Renaud Chassaing
- Production Manager : Jean-Claude Bourlat
- Press Attaché (film) : Karine Ellena
- Editor : Jacques Witta
- Sound editors : Mourad Louanchi, Nadine Muse
- Continuity supervisor : Brigitte Hedou-Prat
- Production Designer : Thérèse Ripaud
- Music Composer : Pierre Bachelet
- Foley artist : Laurent Lévy
- Costume designers : Agnès Evein, Sylvie de Segonzac
- Sound Mixer : William Flageollet
- Still Photographer : Dominique Le Strat
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1999
- French release : 03/03/1999
- Runtime : 1 h 55 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 94.751
- Visa issue date : 04/02/1999
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
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Melbourne French Film Festival
Australia, 2000
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About
"What fun! No murders, no special effects, no car chases. Nor any despair over unemployment. Nor moodiness by disenchanted thirty-somethings. 'Children of the Marshland' seems to date from the dawn of time, from those 1950s when people talked about 'French quality' before the refreshing but overly radical whirlwind of the New Wave. True enough, that connection is suggested by the director's name, since it is none other than Jean Becker, son of Jacques (and director of 'One Deadly Summer' and 'Elisa'). A trio of friends enjoys fishing expeditions, snail hunts, innocent games in the green paradise of childish love, sun on the pond—a real, old fashioned film that takes its time, shrugs off tragedy, mentions death without schmaltz, life with a smile, and love with starry-eyes. How refreshing!"
("Les Echos," March 3, 1999)
