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.
Top Cast
Clotilde Courau as Marthe
Guillaume Depardieu as Simon
Bernard Giraudeau as le colonel
Thérèse Liotard as Rose Bireau
Gérard Jugnot as Henri
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