The film is set in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river in 1918. Riton is afflicted with a bad-tempered wife and three unruly children. Garris lives alone with his recollections of World War I trenches. Their daily life consists of seasonal work and visits from their two pals: Tane, the local train conductor and Amédée, a dreamer and voracious reader of classics.
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Jacques Villeret as Henri Pignol, aka Riton
Jacques Gamblin as Garriss
André Dussollier as Amédée
Michel Serrault as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
Isabelle Carré as Marie
Éric Cantona as Joseph "Jo" Sardi
Suzanne Flon as Cri-Cri Pignol, aged
Jacques Dufilho as Old man
Gisèle Casadesus as Mrs. Mercier
Roland Magdane as Félix
Élisabeth Commelin as Marthe
Julie Marboeuf as Emilie
Jenny Clève as Berthe
Philippe Magnan as Laurent
Jacques Boudet as Tane
Marlene Baffier as Cri-Cri Pignol, young
Romain Dreyfus as Pierrot of the city
Jacques Chaillier as Pierrot of the marsh
Maxime Monsimier as Jojo
Anne Le Guernec as Mireille
Margot Marguerite as Manager
Mélanie Baxter-Jones as Catherine
Pierre Bianco as Banker
Jacques Dynam as Ferrardin
Ériq Ebouaney as 'Banania'
Christian Taponard as Jo's lawyer
Charles Tordjman as Department store manager
Fabienne Labanda as
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