A Man and a Woman (1966)

• Year: 1966
• Released: 12 Jul 1966
• Country: France
• Adwords: Won 2 Oscars. 13 wins & 11 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061138/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_man_and_a_woman
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: French, English, Spanish
• MPA Rating: Approved
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Runtime: 102 min
• Writer: Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
• Director: Claude Lelouch
• Cast: Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh
• Keywords: widow, widower,

	7.5/10
	75% – Critics
	87% – Audience

A Man and a Woman Storyline

A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their children’s boarding school. Slowly the widower and widow reveal themselves to each other, with each revelation hidden by a misperception. They become closer and closer, until she reveals that she can’t have a lover because her husband’s memory is still far too strong. Much of the film is told wordlessly in actions or through hearing each person’s thoughts.—John Vogel

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A ‘special’ love story—with very nice music—not told in a logical way

That night Anne Gauthier (Aimée) missed her train… Jean-Louis Duroc (Trintignant) offered her a ride back to Paris… Both had their children at the Deauville boarding school… She has a girl named Françoise and he has a boy named Antoine… Jean-Louis knew that her husband was a stuntman who had a tragic accident… She knew that he was married and his wife commits suicide…

Claude Lelouch begins his sensitive exploration on that boat ride where there was a completely different energy in the air, where the sea was seen alive in all its many mood and through intentions looks, and lingering hands he let us know that yes, something was beginning to happen between Anne and Jean-Louis… On that wonderful beach—and through long shots—we see the couple with their children walking, playing, running with hundreds of seagulls screaming all around…

There was a great chemistry between Aimée and Trintignant in “A Man and a Woman”… The attraction between the two stars really resonated… Aimée was very sweet and gorgeous as a woman, but her constant incursions into the past left her experience with more sorrow than joy…

Trintignant was charming… His acting extremely natural… When he received Anne’s telegram he left his elegant dinner and took his car driving hundreds of kilometers to join Anne and be with the children…

Lelouch captures breathtaking shots of Deauville’s spectacular beach… We all remember the unforgettable scene of the man walking alike as his dog…

The film won Oscars for Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film

A love between a widow and a widower

Sometimes you do not need to hear anyone in order to understand what he/she is saying, and this is the merit of this Claude Lelouch’s film. The main actress and actor, i.e. Anouk Aimée and Jean Louis Trintignant, respectively, were able to act in a way that feelings, desires, sadness well were expressed by both without the need of spoken dialogues. The plot is quite simple, but the merit again is here the way to make it coherent. Another interesting characteristic was the successful use of nice soundtrack in several scenes. Similarly the story of each were said with several mute scenes. According to Lelouch the film gained its intensity because of its fast way of realization. It was made in less than three months, and the scenes were taken in three weeks keeping all actors and actresses working tense. Lelouch never expected to have the success and awards the film had and obtained.

The pleasure is all mine

I’m a total sucker for foreign films from the 1960s, even though I have not seen as many as I should.

This is one of the best, in my experience. Nothing really happens, but the chemistry between the leads, the strangely non-nominated soundtrack and the overall atmosphere make it completely memorable and worthwhile. I am glad it did well at the Oscars and that its gained a certain amount of ‘classic’ status. There are probably critics who didn’t think it was a big deal, too.

Several of the scenes seemed improvised, like the one where the leads are in a café with their children.

Can’t wait to see it again. 10/10.