A Man and a Woman

Infobox_Film
name = A Man and a Woman


caption = original film poster
director = Claude Lelouch
writer = Claude Lelouch,
Pierre Uytterhoeven
starring = Anouk Aimée,
Jean-Louis Trintignant
producer = Claude Lelouch
distributor= Allied Artists
budget =
country=FRA
released= flagicon|USA 12 July, 1966
runtime = 102 minutes
language = French
imdb_id = 0061138|

"A Man and a Woman" ( _fr. 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, "" ("Un Homme et une Femme, 20 Ans Déjà") was released in 1986.

Plot

The film 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 after Jean-Louis was in a near fatal crash during the 24 hours of Le Mans. 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 over the course of several trips back to Deauville, and 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 traveling 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, the final outcome of the relationship left open to interpretation.

Reception

"A Man and a Woman" 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.

oundtrack

The samba song in the 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. [ [http://www.rfimusique.com/musiqueen/articles/063/article_7486.asp RFI Musique - - A lifelong ambassador of Brazil ] ]

The song "Aujourd'hui C'est Toi" is used as the theme for the BBC's Panorama current affairs program.

Chart positions

succession box
before = "Disraeli Gears" by Cream
title = Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
years = April 13 1968 – June 14 1968
June 29 1968 – July 26 1968
after = "Blooming Hits"
by Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra

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External links

*imdb title|id=0061138|title=A Man and a Woman

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title=Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
years=1966
before="The Shop on Main Street"
after="Closely Watched Trains"succession box
title="Grand Prix", Cannes Film Festival
years=1966 tied with
"The Birds, the Bees and the Italians"
before="The Knack …and How to Get It"
after="Blowup"succession box
title=Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film
years=1967
before="The Shop on Main Street
after="Closely Watched Trains"