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The film is set in Marais, a quiet region 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.
Keywords
based on novel or book
1910s
Casts

Jacques Villeret
Henri Pignol, aka Riton

Jacques Gamblin
Garriss

André Dussollier
Amédée

Michel Serrault
Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'

Isabelle Carré
Marie

Éric Cantona
Joseph "Jo" Sardi

Suzanne Flon
Cri-Cri Pignol, aged

Jacques Dufilho
Old man

Gisèle Casadesus
Mrs. Mercier

Roland Magdane
Félix

Élisabeth Commelin
Marthe

Julie Marboeuf
Emilie

Jenny Clève
Berthe

Philippe Magnan
Laurent

Jacques Boudet
Tane
Marlene Baffier
Cri-Cri Pignol, young
Romain Dreyfus
Pierrot of the city
Jacques Chaillier
Pierrot of the marsh
Maxime Monsimier
Jojo

Anne Le Guernec
Mireille
Margot Marguerite
Manager

Mélanie Baxter-Jones
Catherine
Pierre Bianco
Banker

Jacques Dynam
Ferrardin

Ériq Ebouaney
'Banania'

Christian Taponard
Jo's lawyer

Charles Tordjman
Department store manager
Fabienne Labanda
John Fernie
Patrick Lizana

Maggy Dussauchoy

Liana Fulga

Isabelle Sadoyan
Stephane Kordylas

Jean Maurel
Denis Montagnol

Henri-Edouard Osinski

Bernard Villanueva
Crews

Jean Becker
Director

Hervé Truffaut
Executive Producer

Pierre Bachelet
Original Music Composer

William Flageollet
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jean-Paul Becker
Casting
Françoise Chapuis-Asselin
Key Makeup Artist

Jacques Witta
Editor
Sylvie de Segonzac
Costume Design
Thérèse Ripaud
Production Design
Annie Senéchal
Set Decoration
Frédérique Hurpeau
Set Decoration

Guillaume Sciama
Sound

Christian Fechner
Producer

Sébastien Japrisot
Writer

Jean-Marie Dreujou
Director of Photography

Georges Montforez
Novel
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