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Marthe

Marthe

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 28, 1997

Runtime

2h 1m

Genres

Drama, Romance, War

User Score

58%

Original Title

Marthe

Director

Jean-Loup Hubert

Description

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.