Life Is a Long Quiet River [Blu-ray]

Director: Etienne Chatiliez Etienne Chatiliez

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/21/2020
UPC:	0760137384687
Original Release:	1988
Source:	Arrow Video
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	33,128

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Benoit Magimel	Momo
Valerie Lalande	Bernadette
Helene Vincent	Mme. Le Quesnoy
Andre Wilms	Jean Le Quesnoy
Christine Pignet	Mme. Groseille
Maurice Mons	M. Groseille
Catherine Hiegel	Josette
Catherine Jacob	Marie-Therese
Daniel Gelin	Dr. Louis Mavial
Patrick Bouchitey	Pere Auberger
Claire Prevost	Roselyne
Tara Römer	Million
Jerome Floch	Toc-Toc
Sylvie Cubertafon	Ghislaine
Emmanuel Cendrier	Actor
Guillaume Hacquebart	Actor
Jean-Brice VanKeer	Actor
Praline LeMoult	Actor
Abbès Zahmani	Actor
Khadou Fghoul	Actor
Ismael Bourabaa	Rachid
Gerard Kawczynski	Composer

Technical Credits

Etienne Chatiliez

Florence Quentin

Etienne Chatiliez	Director,Screenwriter
Charles Gassot	Executive Producer,Producer
Florence Quentin	Executive Producer,Screenwriter,Producer
Romain Bremond	Casting
Dominique Dalmasso	Sound/Sound Designer