Marthe
5.944
121 minutes
10/28/1997
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.
Cast List
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
Kader Boukhanef
as Mouloud
Pauline Hubert
as Thérèse
Albert Delpy
as l'adjudant "Gros Q"