Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988)
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Daniel Gélin - Docteur Mavial
- Valerie Lalande - Bernadette
- Hélène Vincent - Marielle Le Quesnoy
- Christine Pignet - Mme. Groseille
- Patrick Bouchitey - Pere Auberger
- Tara Romer - Million
- Sylvie Cubertafon - Ghislaine
- Guillaume Hacquebart
- Praline LeMoult
- Khadou Fghoul
- Catherine Jacob - Maid-servant
- Benoît Magimel - Momo
- Catherine Hiegel - Josette
- André Wilms - Jean Le Quesnoy
- Maurice Mons - M. Groseille
- Claire Prevost - Roselyne
- Jerome Floch - Toc-Toc
- Emmanuel Cendrier
- Jean-Brice VanKeer
- Abbes Zahmani
- Ismael Bourabaa - Rachid
- Director(s):
- Etienne Chatiliez
- Writer(s):
- Florence Quentin, Etienne Chatiliez
- Producer(s):
- Florence Quentin, Charles Gassot
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- 1988 - Life Is a Long Quiet River - French Academy of Cinema - Best Original Screenplay
- 1988 - Life Is a Long Quiet River - French Academy of Cinema - Best Original Screenplay
- 1988 - Life Is a Long Quiet River - French Academy of Cinema - Best Supporting Actress
- 1988 - Life Is a Long Quiet River - French Academy of Cinema - Most Promising Young Actress
- 1988 - Life Is a Long Quiet River - French Academy of Cinema - Best First Film
