Marthe
28/10/1997
2h 1m



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.
Cast


Clotilde Courau
Marthe


Guillaume Depardieu
Simon


Bernard Giraudeau
le colonel


Thérèse Liotard
Rose Bireau


Gérard Jugnot
Henri


Serge Riaboukine
Lucien
Romuald Groult
le bleu


Loïc Corbery
Pierrot


Mathias Jung
Gauthier


Cerise Leclerc
la sœur de Pauline


Bruno Slagmulder
Martin
Hervé Breuil
un soldat


Kader Boukhanef
Mouloud
Pauline Hubert
Thérèse


Albert Delpy
l'adjudant "Gros Q"
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