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Life and Nothing But
FRANCE · 1989

Life and Nothing But

Bertrand Tavernier
post-war recovery military honor missing soldiers class conflict bureaucratic corruption
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Synopsis

In 1920, Major Dellaplane, a man of honor and ethics, searches for missing French soldiers. He meets Madame Irène de Courtil, a politically connected Parisian, and their paths cross.

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