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.
Jacques Villeret
Jacques Gamblin
André Dussollier
Michel Serrault
Isabelle Carré
Éric Cantona
Suzanne Flon
Jacques Dufilho
Gisèle Casadesus
Roland Magdane
Élisabeth Commelin
Julie Marboeuf
Jenny Clève
Philippe Magnan
Jacques Boudet
Marlene Baffier
Romain Dreyfus
Jacques Chaillier
Maxime Monsimier
Anne Le Guernec
Margot Marguerite
Mélanie Baxter-Jones
Pierre Bianco
Jacques Dynam
Ériq Ebouaney
Christian Taponard
Charles Tordjman
Fabienne Labanda
John Fernie
Patrick Lizana
Maggy Dussauchoy
Liana Fulga
Isabelle Sadoyan
Stephane Kordylas
Jean Maurel
Denis Montagnol
Henri-Edouard Osinski
Bernard Villanueva