Released
Marthe
October 28 1997 (over 27 years ago)Rating
59
Based on
7 reviews
- Director: Jean-Loup Hubert
- Genres: Drama, Romance, War
- Runtime: 2 h 1 m
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.
