Movies like Marthe (1997)

Name: Marthe
Director: Jean-Loup Hubert
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: 1997-10-28
Duration: 121 Min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Clotilde Courau, Bernard Giraudeau, Guillaume Depardieu

Marthe (1997)

121Min

6.3 ( 214 Votes )

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.