Marthe (1997)
October 28, 1997
Drama, Romance, War
2h 1m
![Poster for Marthe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eulAoXiFsdu9KXnru1XGZe0ei0P.jpg)
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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.