The Town Is Quiet (2000)
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.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Guédiguian
Actors: Ariane Ascaride, Christine Brücher, Gérard Meylan, Jacques Boudet, Jacques Pieiller, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Pascale Roberts
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