Marthe (1997)
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.
- Released
- 1997-10-28
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jean-Loup Hubert
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 11 votes
Cast
- Clotilde Courau as Marthe
- Guillaume Depardieu as Simon
- Bernard Giraudeau as le colonel
- Thérèse Liotard as Rose Bireau
- Gérard Jugnot as Henri
- Serge Riaboukine as Lucien
- Romuald Groult as le bleu
- Loïc Corbery as Pierrot
- Mathias Jung as Gauthier
- Cerise Leclerc as la sœur de Pauline
- Bruno Slagmulder as Martin
- Hervé Breuil as un soldat