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La vie et rien d'autre (1989)
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6 September 1989 (France)
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Intense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past. full summary | add synopsis
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Won BAFTA Film Award.
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A great story told in a rather dull fashion
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Philippe Noiret | ... | Major Delaplane | |
| Sabine Azéma | ... | Irène de Courtil | |
| Pascale Vignal | ... | Alice | |
| Maurice Barrier | ... | Mercadot | |
| François Perrot | ... | Perrin | |
| Jean-Pol Dubois | ... | André | |
| Daniel Russo | ... | Lieutenant Trévise | |
| Michel Duchaussoy | ... | Général Villerieux | |
| Arlette Gilbert | ... | Valentine | |
| Louis Lyonnet | ... | Valentin | |
| Charlotte Maury-Sentier | ... | Cora Mabel (as Charlotte Maury) | |
| François Caron | ... | Julien | |
| Thierry Gimenez | ... | L'adjudant du génie | |
| Frédérique Meininger | ... | Madame Lebègue | |
| Pierre Trabaud | ... | Eugene Dilatoire |
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Life and Nothing But (International: English title)
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USA:135 min
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[Irčne de Courtil bursts in on Major Dellaplane unannounced]
Major Dellaplane: Can't you knock?
Irène de Courtil: I did. On ten doors, monsieur. Major Dellaplane Knock on eleven. Knock till somebody answers.
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Major Dellaplane: Can't you knock?
Irène de Courtil: I did. On ten doors, monsieur. Major Dellaplane Knock on eleven. Knock till somebody answers.
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Philippe Noiret plays a military bureaucrat who is meticulously trying to catalogue the casualties of WWI. He and two women cross paths during the excavation of a train that was buried in a tunnel by German explosives. This would make for a great existential movie, but it's all talk talk talk. The dialogue is endless, and, with the long running time, the whole picture seems that way, too. The film would be much more powerful if it demonstrated its themes more visually. Instead, the emotions come off as somewhat flatter than they deserve to be. The production is also poor; it feels like it was made for television. And the musical score is so weak it takes the film down a peg itself. It's still worth watching, but I think it really could have been a lot better.