Oct 21, 2018 life and nothing more doesnt take sides in this conflict, giving us sympathetic glimpses into both andrew and reginas lives, and withholding from passing any kind of moral judgment on roberts characterthough the conflict does lead to a dramatic and potentially tragic series of events for andrew. At the end of world war i, the aging major dellaplane philippe noiret has been given the soulnumbing job of matching 350,000 missing french soldiers with their families descriptions. In his sophomore feature effort, the filmmaker used his script merely as a blueprint, enabling each scene to be formed organically in the. The film was of such excellent quality that i ordered a copy for myself and a copy to give as a gift. The second round of europes collective suicide, of which only the deciding match has yet to be fought, has been over for two years now, france, with a. Major dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families descriptions. Filmmaker esparza explores coming of age with no margin for. Set in a small, primarily africanamerican town in northern florida, the film follows the exploits of 17yearold andrew. Definitely check out this noiret and tavernier collaboration. Will smith, martin lawrence keep up their chemistry. A french army officer philipe noiret is left with the thankless.
The film presents the topics of racial profiling, the 2016 election, and the challenges of being a single mother while working for minimum wage. Copresented with the roxbury international film festival. He encounters two women looking for their lost husbands. Life and nothing but movie information cinema clock. Life and nothing but, bertrand tavernier 1989 october 8, 2010 joachim boaz 5 comments.
Nov 09, 2018 spanishborn filmmaker antonio mendez esparzas second feature, life and nothing more, is a sensitive portrait of an africanamerican working class family struggling on the margins of. Members are allowed to bring one guest to each screening. Apr 26, 2014 cambridge study reveals how life could have started from nothing. Life and nothing but is a 1989 french film directed by bertrand tavernier. When young dockworker jude leaves liverpool to find his estranged father in america, he is swept up by the waves of change that are reshaping the nation. Life and nothing but is a french film by director bertrand tavernier that is cinematically exquisite and philosophically engaging.
I highly advise cinephiles to be at the forefront of this movement by watching this movie through that lens. Director bertrand tavernier dares to show the true futility of warfare and the hypocrisy behind every call to arms by revealing how the socalled great war like every other war before or since didnt end with an armistice, except of course for the dead. Life and nothing more is a fullbodied, raw look at family, race and the working class in america today. For its dissection of an impoverished community and a troubled youth fighting to free himself from its constraints, antonio mendez esparzas life and nothing more makes a compelling companion piece to sollers point. In 1920 in northern france, haute parisienne irene azema and local teacher alice vignal search, respectively, for the husband and fiance they have. Life and nothing more doesnt take sides in this conflict, giving us sympathetic glimpses into both andrew and reginas lives, and withholding from passing any kind of moral judgment on roberts characterthough the conflict does lead to a dramatic and potentially tragic series of. Life and nothing more buy a series pass to receive discounted admission to all four reel representation programs. Noiret and azema are superb in their roles and the director, bernard tavenier, has produced an outstanding, deeply moving and memorable film that brilliantly conveys the tragic loss of life in war but in the midst of this bleakness human feeling can still triumph, love can flourish and something good can come out of something so awful. Before the ordinance squad can be summoned, the dull thump of a lone explosion breaks the morning silence. His movie is a living testament to eberts belief that cinema, at its best, can serve as an empathygenerating machine. Life, and nothing more, more properly titled also as and life goes on.
For his second feature, spanishborn director esparza immersed himself. With this gorgeously photographed antiwar epic, tavernier examines the emotional hurdles that separate rich from poor, men from women, history from truth and regret from hope. Subtitles are sorted by relevance for searching keywords. It added much to my understanding of the film both from a personal and academic point. Life and nothing but 1989 at the end of world war i, major delaplane philippe noiret has a grim assignment ahead of him he must count the corpses left on the battlefields and determine their identities. Oct 23, 2018 life and nothing more begins on a bus ride to court and ends at a prison, but not for the reasons viewers or, more to the point, the legal system might intuit. A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life and resorts to drastic means to do so. That said, this is a lost great of the war movie genre despite its setting completely in the postwar period. Life and nothing more trailer cfireleasing from california film institute on vimeo its a common predicament that esparza portrays with an intimate touch. Download this subtitles from our download location, see more details bellow. In the french countryside during 1920, a major philippe noiret heads an operation set up to find and identify an estimated 350,000 soldiers reported missing in action.
Ela bittencourt, hyperallergic if i try to imagine what a fiction film directed by the great documentarian frederick wiseman might look like, this lowbudget gem comes pretty close. Race and representation in the film life and nothing more. Life and nothing more collects astutely observed moments from one familys lives to offer a deeply relatable picture of life in modern america. All life and nothing but movie posters,high res movie posters image for life and nothing but. This movie earned two french academy awards in 1990, in the best actor noiret and the best music categories.
Life and nothing more collects astutely observed moments from one familys lives to offer a deeply relatable picture of life in. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your. Nearly every scene is covered in a single shot, godardesque jump cuts sometimes employed to speed things along, yet no take feels particularly long. Join here this remarkably realistic narrative film, which won the independent spirit john cassavetes award, takes us into the daytoday lives of an african american family in florida as they cope with the reality of poverty and racism. Life and nothing but martha hanna university of colorado, boulder.
Tmdb filmanic is using the movie database api tmdb for certain functions, but is in no way supported or certified by tmdb. Oct 24, 2018 the title of spanish writerdirector antonio mendez esparzas life and nothing more asserts to viewers that what they will witness over the next two hours wont be comprised of tidy contrivances. I was pleased that there was an interview with both philippe noiret and director bertrand travernier with the dvd. Like moonlight, from which its very different but with which it will invite inevitable comparison, life and nothing more is about lots of things about families, boyhood, the institutional. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
Cambridge study reveals how life could have started from nothing. Noiret is obsessed with the notion that, by doing his job above and beyond the call of duty, he can somehow make up for the carnage. Sep 08, 2017 like moonlight, from which its very different but with which it will invite inevitable comparison, life and nothing more is about lots of things about families, boyhood, the institutional. Oct 30, 2016 life tells the story of the sixmember crew of the international space station that is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history. After the earthquake of guilan, the film director and his son, puya, travel to the devastated area to search for the actors of the movie the director made there a few years ago, where is my friends house. It is considered the second film in kiarostamis koker trilogy. The understated masterpieces of the italian neorealists are clearly an inspiration for spanish writerdirector antonio mendez esparza, whose life and nothing more dramatizes the lives of an africanamerican mother and her 14yearold son. The earlier films retold the war years, whether in the trenches or the prisoner of war camps or the music halls.
Jude falls in love with lucy, a rich but sheltered american girl who joins the growing antiwar movement in new yorks greenwich. The film was named by variety as one of the 10 best films at the toronto film festival, and in. Life and nothing but 1990 at the end of world war i, major delaplane philippe noiret has a grim assignment ahead of him he must count the corpses left on the battlefields and determine. Deemed a masterpiece by critic david thomson, life and nothing but is one of director bertrand taverniers most ambitious films. Rather than the brash action of the typical war film, life and nothing but traffics in the unappealing grind of rebuilding in the aftermath of war. Antonins stories and life and nothing but fiction and. The setting is in and around the fields of verdun, and the time is after the last battle of world war i has been fought. Oct 16, 2018 the consciously used lowercase letter h in the title emphasizes the lack of pretense in the region, and in the film. A moving study of race, class, and familial bonds in america. This place happens to be near the location of where is the friends home.
Mines and unexploded detritus litter the countryside, men are scattered in temporary. Film independent membership card and id are required for admittance. Oct 24, 2018 life and nothing more trailer cfireleasing from california film institute on vimeo its a common predicament that esparza portrays with an intimate touch. Life and nothing more for lovers of moonlight, antonio mendez esparzas outstanding neorealist drama makes a powerful next step, depicting an africanamerican. Philippe noiret, sabine azema, pascale vignal, maurice barrier, francois perrot, jeanpol dubois, daniel russo, michel duchaussoy.
Life and nothing more trailer film comment selects 2018. A griefstricken, misty attempt to illuminate unknown soldiers. Philipe noiret portrays a french major who is supervising the gruesome task of counting and identifying the corpses still strewn over the battlefield. Using nonprofessional actors, from whom he elicits stunningly naturalistic performances, his movie will inevitably be compared with moonlight. Stressed by the mounting pressures of raising two children and fighting to get by on minimum wage, single mother regina regina williams longs for more to her life than constant work, while attempting to instill in 14yearold andrew andrew bleechington the values that she hopes will prevent him from winding up in prison like his father. Directed by bertrand tavernier deemed a masterpiece by critic david thomson, life and nothing but is one of director bertrand taverniers let joy reign supreme, round midnight most ambitious films. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing life and nothing but near you.
Life and nothing but is a film directed by bertrand tavernier with philippe noiret, sabine azema, pascale vignal, maurice barrier, year. Antonio mendez esparzas excellent sophomore effort life and nothing more offers a workingclass reality seldom seen at the movies, writes critic sean burns. Antonins stories and life and nothing but fiction and film for. Life and nothing more could very well be a gamechanger for the way that we watch films, paving the way for a much more freeflowing viewing experience. This article related to a french film of the 1980s is a stub.
Therefore, the director of this movie decides to travel to this area with the purpose of finding out the fate of the two key characters in the. As for the films extras, esparza seemingly put his actors in the middle of some chaotic scene and starts rolling. In the light of rising political and racial tension in the us following charlottesville, there could hardly be a more timely, urgently charged film on the festival circuit than life and nothing more. The grim postworld war i era in europe is grist for director bertrand taverniers mill in life and nothing but. Philipe noiret portrays a french major who is supervising the gruesome task of. After earning film independents john cassavetes award during the spirit awards ceremony held this past march, life and nothing more is finally receiving a theatrical run in the u. With this gorgeously photographed antiwar epic, tavernier examines the emotional hurdles that separate rich. As for the film s extras, esparza seemingly put his actors in the middle of some chaotic scene and starts rolling. 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. Mothers, wives, sweethearts search for a sign in crowded country hospitals of life, of death, even a maimed torso, or shellshocked brain that.
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