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Actors: Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal, Michel Duchaussoy
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Life and Nothing But |
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LIFE AND NOTHING BUT (La Vie et rien d'autre) is a French film co-written and directed by Bertrand Tavernier in 1989. This movie earned two French Academy Awards in 1990, in the Best Actor (Noiret) and the Best Music categories.
Two years after the end of WWI, Major Delaplane is still trying to identify some of the more than 350,000 unidentified soldiers left by the war. One day, he makes the acquaintance of Irčne de Courtil, a woman searching for her missing husband in the numerous military hospitals of France. Delaplane will try to help her in this quest as though he's convinced that Irčne's husband has died during the war.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Life and Nothing But |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Kind of conflict:
- war, WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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