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Director:
Writers:
Jean Cosmos (scenario & adaptation) &
Bertrand Tavernier (scenario & adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
6 September 1989 (France) more
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Plot:
Intense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 7 wins & 10 nominations more
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A great story told in a rather dull fashion more (8 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Life and Nothing But (International: English title)
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Runtime:
USA:135 min
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Fun Stuff

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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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A great story told in a rather dull fashion, 10 April 2006
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Author: zetes from Saint Paul, MN

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.

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