The Children of the Marshland (Les enfants du marais)
A chronicle of a group of friends in rural France between the wars. Garris and Riton live in the marshlands along the banks of the Loire river. 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. Meanwhile, Garris is overwhelmed by an unspoken love for a housemaid in the town, Marie.
28 January 1918, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France
14 June 1914, Paris, France
17 February 1946, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
28 May 1971, Paris, France
November 16, 1957 in Granville, Manche, France
24 May 1966, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
21 August 1948
24 January 1928, Brunoy, Essonne, France
19 February 1914, Bègles, Gironde, France

