Life and Nothing But

Movie

War

Drama

January, 1920. 350,000 French soldiers remain missing in action. Major Dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families' descriptions. Honor and ethics drive him; he hates the idea of "the unknown soldier." Into his sector, looking for her husband, comes a haughty, politically connected Parisian, Madame Irène de Courtil. Brusquely, Dellaplane offers her 1/350,000th of his time, but as their paths cross and she sees his courage and resolve, feelings change. After he finds a surprising connection between her missing husband and a local teacher, Irène makes Dellaplane an offer. This man of action hesitates: has he missed his only chance?

Date: 09/06/1989

Rating: 7.2

Cast: Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal, Maurice Barrier, François Perrot, Jean-Pol Dubois, Daniel Russo, Michel Duchaussoy, Arlette Gilbert, Louis Lyonnet, Charlotte Maury-Sentier, François Caron, Thierry Gimenez, Frédérique Meininger, Pierre Trabaud, Jean-Roger Milo, André Claisse, Didier Grégoire, Marcel Zanini, Catherine Verlor, Jean-Christophe Lebert, Bruno Therasse, Philippe Uchan, Marion Loran, Charlotte Kady, Gabriel Cattand, Christophe Odent, Christian Magnan, Jean Champion, Philippe Deplanche, Michel Cassagne, Frédéric Pierrot, François Domange, Jean-Paul Comart, Patrick Massieu, Didier Harlmann, Pascal Elso, Odile Cointepas, Louba Guertchikoff, Jean-Claude Calon, Jean-Yves Gautier, Gilles Janeyrand, Nicolas Tronc, Michèle Gleizer, Daniel Langlet, Adrienne Bonnet, Marcel Zanini, Marc Perrone, Georges Staquet, Alain Frérot, François Dyrek, Oswald d'Andréa, Micky Baker, Sancoma Everett, Bobby Few, Steve Potts, Mike Zwerin, Bruno Raffaelli, Éric Dufay

Philippe Noiret