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The Town Is Quiet

2001, Movie, 132 mins

The Town Is Quiet: Review

TOWN IS QUIET, THE | LA VILLE EST TRANQUILLE

Director Robert Guédiguian returns to his favorite milieu — working-class Marseilles — for this somewhat crowded, multi-character drama that reveals a vivid cross-section of the city's inhabitants but fails to live up to the director's high ambitions. Co-written by Guédiguian and his longtime collaborator Jean-Louis Milesi, the film is structured around a series of loosely interrelated storylines. After an exhausting shift at the local fishery, Michele (Ar... read more leave a comment