The Children of the Marshland

Garris and Riton live in a swampy region up-country in France. Riton is father to three excitable children from his second marriage. He, at times, attempts to put up a resistance to routine and boredom with a glass or two of red wine, all of which also helps him to forget the love of his life, Pamela, his first wife. Garris is a bachelor by conviction, a simple and generous man, wayward in spirit. If he stays on in the swamplands, it is to help Riton and his family who eke out a living gathering snails and from other small jobs linked to fishing. They have a few friends: Amédée, a dreamer passionately fond of literature; Tane, the driver of the small local train; and Pépé, a former inhabitant of the swamplands who, even though he has become a wealthy manufacturer, has never forsaken his origins and his friendship with Garris and Riton. One day, unable to resist the call of the world, Garris decides to leave.

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA