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Life Is a Long Quiet River

Country: France, Language: French, 90 mins

Original Title

La vie est un long fleuve tranquille
  • Director: Étienne Chatiliez
  • Writer: Étienne Chatiliez; Florence Quentin
  • Producer: Charles Gassot; Florence Quentin

CGiii Comment

The French farce...an acquired taste.

Here, that taste is distinctly unpleasant.

A good premise without the injection of intelligence will always fall flat on its face.

Played for crude laughs - disparaging and definitely racist.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious (even delinquent) children, often hungry, but with lots of laughter in the house.

Cast & Characters

Benoit Magimel as Momo Groseille;
Valerie Lalande as Bernadette Le Quesnoy;
Tara Romer as Million Groseille;
Jerome Floch as Toc-Toc Groseille;
Sylvie Cubertafon as Ghislaine;
Emmanuel Cendrier as Pierre Le Quesnoy;
Guillaume Hacquebart as Paul Le Quesnoy;
Jean-Brice Van Keer as Mathieu Le Quesnoy;
Praline Le Moult as Emmanuelle Le Quesnoy;
Axel Vicart as Franck