The Town Is Quiet
Aug 30 2000
•2h 13m
•Drama
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
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Ariane Ascaride
Michèle
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Paul
Jacques Boudet
Jean, Paul's Father
Pascale Roberts
Paul's Mother
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