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.
Cast
Clotilde Courau
Marthe
Guillaume Depardieu
Simon
Bernard Giraudeau
le colonel
Thérèse Liotard
Rose Bireau
Gérard Jugnot
Henri
Serge Riaboukine
Lucien
Romuald Groult
le bleu
Loïc Corbery
Pierrot
Mathias Jung
Gauthier
Cerise Leclerc
la sœur de Pauline
Bruno Slagmulder
Martin
Hervé Breuil
un soldat
Kader Boukhanef
Mouloud
Pauline Hubert
Thérèse
Albert Delpy
l'adjudant "Gros Q"
Crew
Jean-Loup Hubert
Director, Writer
Anick Baly
Editor
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Director of Photography
Jean-François Lepetit
Producer
Frederic Duru
Production Design
Françoise Menidrey
Casting
Annick François
Costume Design
Joëlle Dominique
Hairstylist
Sophie Landry
Makeup Artist
Catherine Vrignaud
Makeup Artist
André Naudin
Sound
Turid Follvik
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Irène Galitzine
Set Decoration
Daniel Vérité
Stunt Coordinator
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