6.3 / 10
(10 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.
Drama,
Romance,
War
121 minutes
1997
Jean-Loup Hubert
Camera Noire,
Canal+,
Flach Film,
France 3 Cinéma