Life and Nothing But

Infobox Film
name = Life and Nothing But


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director = Bertrand Tavernier
producer =
writer = Jean Cosmos
Bertrand Tavernier
narrator =
starring = Philippe Noiret
Sabine Azéma
music =
cinematography = Bruno de Keyzer
editing =
distributor = UGC (France theatrical)
Orion Classics (US theatrical)
Kino Video (US DVD)
released = flagicon|France 6 September, 1989
flagicon|USA 14 September, 1990 (NYC only)
flagicon|Australia 13 December, 1990
runtime = 135 mins
country = France
language = French
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imdb_id = 0098596

"Life and Nothing But" (French: "La vie et rien d'autre") is a 1989 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Dellaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I. Dellaplane forms a relationship with a woman who is looking for her missing husband, but a dilemma begins when he learns that her husband may still be alive. The movie is a sensitive examination of the deep psychological scars left behind by the Great War, clear of sentiment yet with delicately nuanced irony.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098596/ IMDB entry of "Life & Nothing But"]

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title=BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language
years=1989
before="Babette's Feast"
after="Cinema Paradiso"