Marthe (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.
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hyped garbage
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Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
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It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
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An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
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