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A Man and a Woman
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A Man and a Woman (French: Un homme et une femme) is a 1966 French film. The movie was written by Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven, and directed by Lelouch. It is notable for its lush photography (Lelouch had a background in advertising photography), which features frequent segues between full color, black-and-white, and sepia-toned shots, and for its memorable musical score by Francis Lai.
A sequel, A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (Un Homme et une Femme, 20 Ans Déjà) was released in 1986.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Reception
- 3 Trivia
- 4 External links
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Plot
It tells the story of a young widow, Anne (
Anouk Aimée), a film script supervisor whose late husband (
Pierre Barouh) was a stuntman and died in an on-set accident, and a widower, Jean-Louis (
Jean-Louis Trintignant), a race car driver whose wife committed suicide. They meet at their respective children's school in
Deauville. They share a ride home to Paris one night after Anne misses the last train, and their mutual attraction is immediate. The story follows their budding relationship as they fall in love despite Anne's feelings of guilt and loss over her deceased husband. After a night together in Deauville, Anne finds herself unable to be unfaithful to the memory of her husband, and decides to leave Jean-Louis. While she is travelling back to Paris by train, Jean-Louis races to meet her at the station, and when she gets off the train she is surprised to see him there. Happy that her lover had come back for her, they embrace as the film ends.
Spoilers end here.
Reception
It won many awards, including the Grand Prix at the 1966
Cannes Film Festival, the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the
Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen. Aimée was nominated for
Best Actress in a Leading Role and Lelouch for
Best Director.
Trivia
- Ford cars, particularly several Mustangs and the GT40 race car, were featured prominently in the film.
- The samba song in this film "Samba Saravah" is a French version of the Brazilian song "Samba da Bençao" - written by Baden Powell with original lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. The French lyrics were written by Francis Lai, and it was sung by Pierre Barouh, who plays the deceased husband in the film. [1]
