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.

Synonyms
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5.7/10

The Tiger Brigades
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5.6/10

All That... for This?!
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6.1/10

East/West
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6.4/10

Smoking / No Smoking
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6.5/10

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
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6.9/10

Elisa
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6.4/10

Hi-Jack Highway
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6.4/10

A Crime in Paradise
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6.6/10

The Flower of My Secret
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6.8/10

Jean de Florette
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7.7/10

Coexister
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5.8/10

We Have a Pope
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6.8/10

Take the Money and Run
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7.1/10

Marguerite's Theorem
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6.9/10

A River Runs Through It
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7.0/10

Any Given Sunday
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6.8/10

Tenor
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7.0/10

A Wrinkle in Time
2018
5.1/10

Pinocchio
2019
6.6/10
Surfacing
1981
4/10