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.


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Clotilde Courau
Marthe

Guillaume Depardieu
Simon

Bernard Giraudeau
le colonel

Thérèse Liotard
Rose Bireau

Gérard Jugnot
Henri

Serge Riaboukine
Lucien
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Romuald Groult
le bleu

Loïc Corbery
Pierrot

Mathias Jung
Gauthier