Marthe
movie
Released October 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
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
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Romuald Groult
as
le bleu
Loïc Corbery
as
Pierrot
Mathias Jung
as
Gauthier
Cerise Leclerc
as
la sœur de Pauline
Bruno Slagmulder
as
Martin
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Hervé Breuil
as
un soldat
