Un homme et une femme (1966)

Director:

Claude Lelouch

Writer:

Pierre Uytterhoeven (writer)

Release Date:

12 July 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly they reveal themselves to each other...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Famous Theme | Famous Score | Paris France | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Anouk Aimée	...	Anne Gauthier
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Jean-Louis Duroc (as Jean Louis Trintignant)
Pierre Barouh	...	Pierre Gautier
Valérie Lagrange	...	Valerie Duroc
Antoine Sire	...	Antoine Duroc (as Antoine)
Souad Amidou	...	Françoise Gauthier (as Souad)
Henri Chemin	...	Jean-Louis' Codriver
Yane Barry	...	Mistress of Jean-Louis
Paul Le Person	...	Garage Man
Simone Paris	...	Head Mistress
Gérard Sire	...	Announcer

Also Known As:

A Man and a Woman (Canada: English title) (UK) (USA)
Un hombre y una mujer (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Bir erkek ve bir kadin (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Ein Mann und eine Frau (West Germany) [de]
En man och en kvinna (Sweden) [sv]
Enas andras kai mia gynaika (Greece) [el]
Gever V'Eesha (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Kobieta i mezczyzna (Poland) [pl]
Mies ja nainen (Finland) [fi]
Um Homem e Uma Mulher (Portugal) [pt]
Um Homem, uma Mulher (Brazil) [pt]
Un uomo e una donna (Italy) [it]
Un uomo, una donna (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | France:U | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (cable rating) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Deauville, Calvados, France

Company:

Les Films 13

Trivia:

Director cameo: Claude Lelouch is seen behind Jean-Louis at the Monte Carlo race. He is holding a camera.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Soundtrack:

Un homme et une femme

still pleasing 37 years later

I saw this film twice when it came out in 1966. The leading characters are quite handsome and appealing to watch. At the time I loved the music soundtrack and even bought the soundtrack album. Seeing it is available on DVD and has some bonus footage, it was a real pleasure to watch this film again, as a bonus, with my second wife. Although it seems a bit dated and many films have copied elements of its style, it still captures and stirs the emotions about the possibility of falling in love and the reality of being a "walking wounded" mid 30's single person. The bonus footage showing how the film was made on the cheap with minimum rehearsing is quite amazing. Films today are often made for hundreds to thousands times the cost, and are as spontaneous as a log pile. I recommend a revisit to this film, but imagine today's young film watchers could be bored with the absence of violence, swearing, kinky sex, and other predictable ingredients of today's formula films. one amusing feature which dates the film is the near chain smoking both stars in the film keep doing on screen. That is mostly not cool these days.