Between 1795 and 1801, 306 drowned people were recovered from the Seine river, near Paris. Peter Greenaway propouns a historical approach were 25 significant cases of drownings are catalogued, dissected and elaborated, with multilayered visuals and 'documentary' asides.
William Sonnemans
as Vincent Michel Chretien
Adrian Van der Elzen
as Jean Baptiste Langlasse
Jean-Michel Dagory
as Bouille
