This movie is the perfect anti thesis of another film - series taking place in Marseilles: PLUS BELLE LA VIE; somewhere the same settings and atmosphere but far less depressing anf gloomy for the TV show. You find here the Guediguian's bunch: Jean Pierre Daroussin, Gérard Meylan, Ariane Ascaride, in another powerful drama, social, family tale. No boredom there, it could also have been a mini series;