Life Is a Long Quiet River

1988
6.8| 1h30m| en| More Info
Released: 11 November 1988 Released
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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.

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Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
Evengyny Thanks for the memories!
Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
thespira This first feature of Étienne Chatilliez is litterally cult in France. Like Les bronzés everybody knows the lines and some are really cult. These two families on the opposite side of the social ladder represent a France that still exist today.
Sasha01 Etienne Chatiliez has produced an excellent film. His analysis of a part of French society (snobbish, ultra catholic and well-thinking) is absolutely realist. You will laugh, smile or hate if you are like them!
psychosrnk This movie will warm part of your black heart. We get to see the set up for the reason that two families, which in reality exist in two worlds which never interact, are forced into contact. When the "good" family finds out about their switched child, they seek to recover the child from the "bad" family and raise it in their home along with their other children, natural and switched. Their life quickly deteriorates with numerous misfortunes and confrontations. Towards the end, the "good" mother is seen belting down scotch in the kitchen, her older son comforts her with the tag line "Mom,life is not a river quietly flowing." Many funny scenes and embarrassing situations. If you liked The tall blond many with one black shoe, give this little movie an opportunity.
Tyler D.-3 I'm french and I really enjoyed this movie.It shows how the upper class lives in a world of lies, how everything is based on appearance, on what you look like and not on who you really are. This movie is really one of the most funny french movies done in the last decades. You can't watch how the "Groseilles" live without laugh.I watch it when I was 10 years old and since then I like it.