Marthe

Marthe

5.8

Oct 28 1997

2h 1m

Drama, Romance, War

This Great War drama opens in the trenches during an artillery bombardment. Receiving bayonet wounds, young Simon (Guillaume Depardieu) drops out of the action, joining other injured soldiers at a Brittany hospital. One day he meets schoolteacher Marthe (Clotilde Courau), who lives in the household of the hospital's head doctor (Bernard Giraudeau). Soon a romance begins to develop. Cinematography by Kevin Jewison, son of director Norman Jewison.

Clotilde Courau

Clotilde Courau

Marthe

Guillaume Depardieu

Guillaume Depardieu

Simon

Bernard Giraudeau

Bernard Giraudeau

le colonel

Thérèse Liotard

Thérèse Liotard

Rose Bireau