qwedermark This is a movie I would recomend for a boring sunday afternoon when you're feeling a bit blue and you're trying to evade thoughts of the outside world.The scenery is beautiful and the word that comes to mind when I think of the message of the movie is - compassion. It's a low key story about fríendship and it really brightened my boring sunday afternoon.

Tom A masterpiece from Jean Becker, 'Les Enfants du Marais' is a stunning celebration of the spirit of the common man. The film features an admirable performance by Michel Serrault as 'Pépé', set in the picturesque French countryside. Dreujou's breath-taking photography makes the film a must for any French-loving film-goer.A real feel good movie.

mutefaktor hmmm.. I read sumone thought the french language added atmosphere (lol!). I agree with that. It´s also the nicest thing I can say about this crap. I sat through it waiting for something to happen. All in vain...This is a boring movie made for boring people, though if edited with a butchers knife it could make a pretty good tourist commercial...I like most french films I´ve seen, darn I usually even like slow movies where u have to fill in the blanks yourself. but this.. this had no substance whatsoever!

bernard-11 At the beginning, appears as a nice movie, a bit of a "gentillette" story. As the drama evolves, it a really big movie on friendship and all the kindness, affection, agressivity and frustration it may cause. The characters are painted with subtility, they change during the play and the spectator is not stuck in the observation of one or two preeminent persons, but all a little community living in the country during the 20's.(Sorry folks, my French is much better than my English, but I think anyone will catch what I'd like to mean).