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Marthe (1997)

Marthe (1997)

Drama Romance War
Release Date: 1997, October 28
Directors: Jean-Loup Hubert
Production: Camera Noire, Canal+, Flach Film, France 3 Cinéma
Cast: Clotilde Courau, Gérard Jugnot, Albert Delpy, Bruno Slagmulder, Bernard Giraudeau, Kader Boukhanef, Serge Riaboukine, Loïc Corbery, Mathias Jung, Guillaume Depardieu, Thérèse Liotard, Romuald Groult

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.