Life and nothing else
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Life and nothing else |
| Original title | La vie et rien d'autre |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 135 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bertrand Tavernier |
| script |
Jean Cosmos , Bertrand Tavernier |
| music | Oswald d'Andrea |
| camera | Bruno de Keyzer |
| cut | Armand Psenny |
| occupation | |
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Life and nothing else (Original title: La vie et rien d'autre) is a French film by Bertrand Tavernier from 1989.
action
About 350,000 people are missing in France two years after the end of the First World War. Major Dellaplane, a disaffected commander, has been given the job of leading the search and identification of missing soldiers. He compares the descriptions of the relatives with the nameless dead and those survivors who have forgotten their names. His superiors put pressure on him: he is supposed to find a suitable corpse for an unknown soldier, to whom a hero memorial is to be erected on behalf of all missing persons.
During his search in a tunnel where a medical train once exploded, he meets the elegant noblewoman Irène who is looking for her husband. He makes it clear to her that her husband is only one of approximately 350,000 missing people, but that he will do everything possible to reduce this number. But when Irène is asked to describe her husband, she can no longer remember the color of his eyes, for example. During her research, she also meets the young substitute teacher Alice, who is looking for her missing fiancé. While Alice raves about the time together with her missing fiancé, it becomes clear from Irène's descriptions that she had long since become estranged from her husband. Instead, a new man comes into her life: Dellaplane, who falls in love with her and seeks her closeness. He finds out that her descriptions of the missing person match those of Alice. So he realizes that Irène and Alice are looking for the same man, but he does not tell the two women. Gradually, Irène also developed feelings for Dellaplane. However, when she demands a confession of love from him, he evades and remains silent. Irène has become so independent after years of loneliness that she soon starts a new life in America. Months later, she wrote him a letter, and his reply showed that she still meant everything to him.
background
Filming locations in France were Verdun, Dugny-sur-Meuse, Montréal and Thonnance-les-Moulins. The film premiered on September 6, 1989 in France. It was shown for the first time in German cinemas on January 18, 1990.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Major Dellaplane | Philippe Noiret | Lambert Hamel |
| Irène de Courtil | Sabine Azéma | Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif |
| Mercadot | Maurice Barrier | Reinhard Kuhnert |
| Perrin | Francois Perrot | Rudiger Evers |
| General Villerieux | Michel Duchaussoy | Alexander Duke |
| Poirleau | Christophe Odent | Matthias Klages |
| Lieutenant Trévise | Daniel Russo | Lothar Hinze |
criticism
“Atmospherically dense, excellent staging, color dramaturgy and presentation of the consequences of the war and various forms of coming to terms with the past. An intellectually polished film, consistent in its ethical stance, characterized by ironic sharpness and human warmth. "
Awards
European Film Award 1989
- European Film Award in the Best Actor category for Philippe Noiret
- Nomination in the category Best Actress for Sabine Azéma
César 1990
- César in the Best Actor category for Philippe Noiret
- César in the Best Score for Oswald d'Andrea category
- Nomination in the Best Film category
- Nomination in the category Best Actress for Sabine Azéma
- Nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category for François Perrot
- Nomination in the category Best Screenplay for Jean Cosmos and Bertrand Tavernier
- Nomination in the category Best Costumes for Jacqueline Moreau
- Nomination in the best camera category for Bruno de Keyzer
- Nomination in the Best Tone category for William Flageollet, Gérard Lamps and Michel Desrois
- Nomination in the category Best Editing for Armand Psenny
BAFTA Award 1990
- BAFTA Award for Best Non-English Language Film
LAFCA Award 1990
- LAFCA Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category
David di Donatello 1990
- David di Donatello in the Best Foreign Actor category for Philippe Noiret
- Nomination in the category Best Foreign Film
Web links
- Life and nothing else in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Expert opinion of the German film and media rating
- Movie poster on filmposter-archiv.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life and nothing else. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. filmdienst.de