La Rivière Espérance

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'La Rivière Espérance' is a French TV series, 9 episodes of 90 minutes each, directed by Josée Dayan based on the novel by Christian Signol and shown in 1995 en France 2.

[edit] Synopsis

1832, Périgord : Benjamin and Marie are two childhood friends. benjamin's father, is a merchant sailor on the Dordogne River.

One day he says to his son: « When you're 13, I'll take you with me. » He keeps his promess and Benjamin becomes sailor like his father. But in that circle, you have to be weary of everybody and of what they live for: the Dordogne.

Doing that job was Benjamin's dream, but could that dream become a nightmare? Fights with merchants and sailors sometimes finish off quite uglily. Will he be able to stay loyal to his friend Marie, or will his nightly 'rendez-vous' with Emeline Lombard, daughter of the rich merchant on whom they depend, separate them?

[edit] Cast

  • Manuel Blanc : Benjamin Donardieu
  • Carole Richert : Marie Paradou
  • Claire Nebout : Emeline Lombard
  • Jean-Claude Drouot : Victorien Donadieu
  • Élisabeth Depardieu : Elina Donadieu
  • Pascal Greggory : Alexandre Duthil
  • Bernard Verley : Arsène Lombard
  • Hélène Vincent : Agnès Lombard
  • Raoul Billerey : priest of Souillac
  • Arnaud Giovaninetti : Pierre Bourdelle
  • Jean-Pierre Kalfon : Corentin
  • Roger Souza : Félix Marcas
  • Aurélien Wiik : Benjamin at 13
  • Laura Martel : Marie at 13
  • Eugénia Costantini : Emeline at 13
  • Stephan Guérin-Tillie : Aubin Donnadieu
  • Sandra Speichert : Virginie Duthil
  • Philippe Clay : the Duthils' butler
  • Jean-Yves Gauthier : Vincent Paradou
  • Marianne Epin : Jeanne Paradou
  • Eric Averlant : the innkeeper of Libourne
  • Quentin Ogier : Jean Paradou
  • Thierry Rey : Ghilain Claveille
  • François Négret : Jacques Malaurie
  • Julie Dumas : Juliette
  • Thierry Redler : Louis Lafaurie
  • Emmanuelle Meyssignac : Madame Lasalle
  • Pierre Hatet : hospital doctor
  • Stéphane Boucher : second-in-command Dugay Trouin
  • Hans Meyer : commander Dugay Trouin
  • Claude Faraldo : Ambroise Debord
  • Jean-Louis Tribes : 'La Bourgogne'
  • Stéphane Jobert : engineer
  • Didier Flamand : 'off' voice (summaries)
  • Jennifer Lauret : Virginie at 13
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