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The Children of the Marshland (1999) on Netflix

NR19991h 55mComedyDrama

Garris keeps to himself in the marshes by the Loire, carrying his memories of the First World War. Riton's wife is bad-tempered and his three children unruly. Friends Tane and Amédée visit.

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Along the Loire, in a marshland region, Garris and Riton live on seasonal work. Riton's wife is bad-tempered and his three children are unruly. Garris lives alone, carrying his memories of the trenches of the First World War. Their friend Tane, the local train conductor, visits, along with Amédée, a dreamer who reads the classics. In town, Garris keeps an unspoken love for Marie, a housemaid.

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