 From the director of Marius and Jeanette comes a dark and insightful tale of working-class life in Marseilles. The Town is Quiet depicts Marseilles as a city in crisis and utilizes a large cast of intersecting characters featuring Ariane Ascaride as a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter, and Gerard Maylan as a moody bartender with a shocking secret life.