Marthe (1997)
Overview
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
Loïc Corbery
Pierrot
Mathias Jung
Gauthier
Cerise Leclerc
la sœur de Pauline
Bruno Slagmulder
Martin
Kader Boukhanef
Mouloud
Albert Delpy
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