Life Is a Long Quiet River

Life Is a Long Quiet River

1988 · 90 min · FR · 6.7 (385 votes)
Dir. Étienne Chatiliez · Starring Benoît Magimel, Valérie Lalande, Catherine Hiegel, Daniel Gélin, Hélène Vincent, André Wilms · Music Gérard Kawczynski
Comedy

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.

VIBE

A gentle, observational comedy that contrasts two families from different walks of life. It's a warm, often funny, look at how circumstance shapes us, with a touch of melancholy for the lives unlived.

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