The film is set in a marsh, along the banks of Loire river, about ten years after the great war.

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.

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