Life and Nothing But | |
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Directed by | Bertrand Tavernier |
Written by | Jean Cosmos Bertrand Tavernier |
Based on | The General of the Dead Army by Ismail Kadare |
Produced by | Frédéric Bourboulon Albert Prévost René Cleitman |
Cinematography | Bruno de Keyzer |
Distributed by | UGC |
Release date |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $11.3 million[1] |
Life and Nothing But (French: La vie et rien d'autre) is a 1989 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It was inspired by the novel by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare titled The General of the Dead Army.[2]
Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Delaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I. He encounters two women looking for their lost men: Irène, an aristocrat, and Alice, a country girl. The movie is a sensitive examination of the deep psychological scars left behind by the war, clear of sentiment yet with delicately nuanced irony.
Principal Photography began on 1 November 1988. [3]
The film was nominated for numerous awards. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. It was also nominated for 11 César Awards, winning for Best Actor (Philippe Noiret) and Best Music.
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