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.
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Setting
Set in Loire-Atlantique
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jean-Marie Dreujou
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Jean-Loup HubertWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 28, 1997
- Original language
- French
Production
Cast
Clotilde CourauMarthe
Guillaume DepardieuSimon
Bernard Giraudeaule colonel
Thérèse LiotardRose Bireau
Gérard JugnotHenri
Serge RiaboukineLucien- Romuald Groultle bleu
Loïc CorberyPierrot
Mathias JungGauthier
Cerise Leclercla sœur de Pauline
Bruno SlagmulderMartin- Hervé Breuilun soldat
Kader BoukhanefMouloud- Pauline HubertThérèse
Albert Delpyl'adjudant "Gros Q"
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