The Town Is Quiet (2000)

6.4/10 133 min Drama

Overview

A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Interesting characters include a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter and a moody bartender with a shocking secret life.

Cast

Ariane Ascaride

Michèle

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Paul

Jacques Boudet

Jean, Paul's Father

Pascale Roberts

Paul's Mother

Véronique Balme

Ameline

Christine Brücher

Viviane Froment

Julie-Marie Parmentier

Fiona

Gérard Meylan

Gérard

Pierre Banderet

Claude

Alexandre Ogou

Abderramane

Frédérique Bonnal

Mrs. Préférence Nationale

Jacques Germain

Mister Préférence Nationale

Alain Lenglet

Piano mover

Patrick Bonnel

Postman

Yann Trégouët

Young man who provokes Gérard

Philippe Leroy

René

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