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Life Is a Long Quiet River

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A vengeful nurse (Catherine Hiegel) gets back at the doctor (Daniel Gélin) she's been having an affair with by switching two babies in the maternity ward. The families taking home new babies couldn't be more different. The affluent Le Quesnoy family takes home a daughter, and the criminal-minded Groseilles take home a little boy. Neither family causes much of a fuss when they discover what's happened, so the switched girl (Valérie Lalande) and boy (Benoît Magimel) remain with the wrong families.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/19/2005
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01/18/2014 This film is just awesome. Very well directed, great story, good actors, it's so brilliantly done, you'll have to adore it! One of the best film from my childhood. See more 09/17/2012 « Les deux Jésus, ils ne partent pas avec les mêmes chances dans la vie » See more 03/06/2011 Film soi-disant culte... L'histoire est longue a demarrer. L'idee est pourtant interessante mais je trouve qu'elle a mal ete exploiter. See more 11/07/2010 El 1r cop q la vaig veure (l'any 1990) em va semblar de 5 estrelles... Però à (C)s q aleshores tenia 13 anys. See more 05/13/2010 This movie has achieved iconic status in France. So many sentences are now famous and stay funny even more than 20 years later... The story is quite weirdo sometimes but the plot stays very actual... Characters are so funny by their madness and extravangance... I just love them !!! See more 05/08/2009 un film culte, des répliques intemporelles. Un peu de militantisme sociale... Génial!!! See more Read all reviews
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Étienne Chatiliez

Director

Benoît Magimel

Momo Groseille

Hélène Vincent

Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy

André Wilms

Monsieur Jean Le Quesnoy

Daniel Gélin

Docteur Mavial

Catherine Hiegel

Josette

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Life Is a Long Quiet River

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Synopsis A vengeful nurse (Catherine Hiegel) gets back at the doctor (Daniel Gélin) she's been having an affair with by switching two babies in the maternity ward. The families taking home new babies couldn't be more different. The affluent Le Quesnoy family takes home a daughter, and the criminal-minded Groseilles take home a little boy. Neither family causes much of a fuss when they discover what's happened, so the switched girl (Valérie Lalande) and boy (Benoît Magimel) remain with the wrong families.
Director
Étienne Chatiliez
Producer
Florence Quentin
Screenwriter
Étienne Chatiliez, Florence Quentin
Production Co
France 3 Cinéma, Centre National de la Cinematographie
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 27, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$52.1K
Runtime
1h 30m
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