In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.
- Genre: War, Drama, History
- Studio: SFP, Albina Productions S.a.r.l., Films A2
- Keyword: nurse, world war i, africa, world war ii, feminism, bigamy, sahara desert, love, revenge, slaughter, colonisation, torture, military hospital
- Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Sophie Marceau, Michel Duchaussoy, Jean-Laurent Cochet