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.
Type:
MOVIE
Genres:
Drama, Romance, War
Release:
October 1997
Cast:
Clotilde Courau, Guillaume Depardieu, Bernard Giraudeau, Thérèse Liotard, Gérard Jugnot, Serge Riaboukine, Romuald Groult, Loïc Corbery, Mathias Jung, Cerise Leclerc, Bruno Slagmulder, Hervé Breuil, Kader Boukhanef, Pauline Hubert, Albert Delpy
