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Life And Nothing But (La Vie Et Rien D'Autre) (Country: France; Year: 1989; Director: Bertrand Tavernier; Writer: Jean Cosmos, Bertrand Tavernier; Stars: Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azema, Pascale Vignal, Maurice Barrier, Francois Perrot, Jean-Pol Dubois, Daniel Russo)
Humanity and bureaucracy clash as the debris of war is sifted and reconstituted.
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Trousers (Le pantalon) (Country: France; Year: 1997; Director: Yves Boisset; Writer: Yves Boisset, Alain Scoff; Stars: Wadeck Stanczak, Philippe Volter, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Jean-Paul Comart, Marie Verdi, Riton Liebman, Marc Berman, Jacques Chailleux, Xavier Percy, Thierry Waseige, Julien Bukowski, Alain Stevens, Jean-Paul Clerbois, Michel Poncelet, Sarah Beck)
A young soldier finds his world turned upside down by a pair of trousers.
Wooden Crosses (Les croix de bois) (Country: France; Year: 1932; Director: Raymond Bernard; Writer: Raymond Bernard, Roland Dorgelès, André Lang; Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos, Antonin Artaud, Paul Azaïs, René Bergeron, Raymond Cordy, Marcel Delaître, Jean Galland, Pierre Labry, Geo Laby, René Montis, Jean-François Martial, Marc Valbel)
A group of french draftees quickly become disillusioned when the experience the horrors of war.
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