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
- Romuald Groult as le bleu
- Loïc Corbery as Pierrot
- Mathias Jung as Gauthier
- Cerise Leclerc as la sœur de Pauline