
- Country: France
- Genres: Drama, Romance, War
- Release: 1997-10-29
- Director: Jean-Loup Hubert
- Writers: Jean-Loup Hubert
- Language: French
- Stars: Clotilde Courau , Guillaume Depardieu , Bernard Giraudeau , Thérèse Liotard
- Runtime: 121 min
- Awards: 2 nominations
- AKA: Marthe , Marthe (United Kingdom) , Marthe (France, French Republic) , Marta (Argentina) , Marthe - lupaus huomisesta (Finland) , Marthe (Canada) , Marthe ou La promesse du jour (Spain) , Marthe ou La promesse du jour (France, French Republic) , Marthe szerelme (Hungary)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0119625