- HD 1080
- Runtime: 121m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Director: Jean-Loup Hubert
- Stars: Clotilde Courau, Guillaume Depardieu, Bernard Giraudeau, Thérèse Liotard, Gérard Jugnot
- The Marthe is featured in the top rankings of 1997
- #62 in Top Romance Movies of 1997
- #10 in Top War Movies of 1997
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.