故事发生在二十世纪三十年代的法国乡村,这里风景如诗如画,一片绿意丛生的沼泽地给整个村落带来的勃勃的生机,人们亲切的称它为“清水湾”。加里斯(雅克·甘布林 Jacques Gamblin 饰)和瑞顿(雅克·维列雷 Jacques Villeret 饰)是在清水湾的哺育下长大的原住民,他们一个性格大大咧咧形单影只过着自由自在的生活,另一个早早结婚但却一直忘不了初恋情人并对凶悍的妻子很是不满。 境遇和个性迥然不同的两人是青梅竹马的好友,之后他们又结识了身居城市却向往乡村宁静生活的阿梅代(米歇尔·塞罗 Michel Serrault 饰)和土生土长却不得不搬往城市的查理德(埃里克·坎通纳 Eric Cantona 饰),趣味相投的四个男人常常聚在一起,享受着平淡中带有真味的生活。A chronicle of a group of friends in rural France in 1918. Garris and Riton live in the marshlands along the banks of the Loire river. 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. Meanwhile, Garris is overwhelmed by an unspoken love for a housemaid in the town, Marie...