
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.
Release Date: 10/28/1997
Runtime: 121 minutes
Languages: French
Director: Jean-Loup Hubert
00Companies: Camera Noire, Canal+, Flach Film, France 3 Cinéma