Life Is a Long Quiet River (French: La vie est un long fleuve tranquille) is a French comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 by Étienne Chatiliez

Étienne Chatiliez

Étienne Chatiliez is a French film director. He was born in Roubaix, France.After starting out directing many advertising clips, he is now a well-known director of feature-length films with some success.- Filmography :...

 of 1988.

Plot

In a maternity clinic two children from families with completely different social backgrounds are switched at birth. One goes on to live in an upper middle class family while the other to a poor family. Twelve years later, the mistake is discovered and the child living with the poor family is taken back by his parents, but keeps in touch with his former family and makes them encounter his new brothers and sisters. A series of satirical and comedic scenes follow.

Cult Status

Due in part to the film's being shown on French television rather often, it has gained a sort of cult following among young French people. The song 'Jésus Reviens' sung at church in the film is instantly recognisable to many French youth as a key example of the film's many satirical digs at the French Catholic bourgeois culture in the era it was filmed.

The 2009 film Neuilly sa mère !

Neuilly sa mère !

Neuilly sa mère ! is a 2009 French comedy film directed by Gabriel Julien-Laferrière. It stars Samy Seghir as a beur teenager who moves from the housing projects to the upscale neighborhood of Neuilly-sur-Seine...

was heavily influenced by Life is a Long Quiet River.

Cast

• Benoît Magimel
  Benoît Magimel
  Benoît Magimel is a French actor. A prolific actor who was 14 when he appeared in his first film, Magimel has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema....
  
   - Momo Groseille
• Valérie Lalonde - Bernadette Le Quesnoy
• Tara Römer
  Tara Römer
  Tara Römer was a French actor. He starred in the film Life Is a Long Quiet River .He was killed in road accident.-Selected filmography:*Life Is a Long Quiet River *Raï...
  
   - Million Groseille (as Tara Romer)
• Jérôme Floch - Toc-Toc Groseille
• Sylvie Cubertafon - Ghislaine
• Emmanuel Cendrier - Pierre Le Quesnoy
• Guillaume Hacquebart - Paul Le Quesnoy
• Jean-Brice Van Keer - Mathieu Le Quesnoy
• Praline Le Moult - Emmanuelle Le Quesnoy
• Axel Vicart - Franck
• Claire Prévost - Roselyne Groseille
• Hélène Vincent
  Hélène Vincent
  Hélène Vincent, born 9 September 1943, is a French actress.She received a César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1989 for her role as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy in Life Is a Long Quiet River and another in 1992 for J'embrasse pas....
  
   - Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy
• André Wilms
  André Wilms
  André Wilms is a French film and television actor who has also appeared in German and Finnish films. Wilms was the winner of the Best Supporting European Actor award at the 1992 European Film Awards for his work in Aki Kaurismäki's La Vie de Bohème.-Partial filmography:* Le tartuffe * Field of...
  
   - Monsieur Jean Le Quesnoy
• Christine Pignet - Madame Groseille
• Maurice Mons - Monsieur Groseille
• Catherine Jacob
  Catherine Jacob (actress)
  Catherine Jacob is a French actress. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in Life Is a Long Quiet River , and has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Tatie Danielle , Merci la vie and Neuf mois...
  
  - Marie-Thérèse