Such a frustrating disappointment

Great Film overall

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Admirable film.

I was extremely moved when I first saw Lelouch's masterpiece. Genuine personal reasons (a car racing disaster the same year – 1966 – resulting in a painful separation) adding to the unsaid and yet so deeply expressed stress of emotion between Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimée, still wounded and so marvellously sensitive. A poetry made tragic with recurrent flashbacks. So well served by splendid photography and music. Although at a minor level than his uncle (French champion Maurice Trintignant), Jean-Louis had himself a fair involvement in motor sports – as did Paul Newman and, best of all, Steve McQueen. Half a century later, the emotion remains deep in the core, putting « Un homme et une femme » in a very special position among my favourite films ever.

Anne Gauthier (Anouk Aimée) misses the train and catches a ride from Jean-Louis (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who sends his son to the same boarding school as her daughter. They connect and discuss their lives. She's widowed after her husband died during a movie stunt. He's also a widower when his wife committed suicide after he was in a near-fatal race car crash.It's a slow rambling artistic French romance. Anouk Aimée delivers an intriguing performance. The cinematography switch between black and white and color leaves the movie with a half dream quality. It's an interesting movie but strictly for the art house crowd.

Two widowed parents--Anne (Anouk Aimme) ad Jean-Louis (Jean-Louis Trintignant)--meet through their kids and become friends. The friendship quickly develops into love...but can they forget their ex-spouses and find happiness again? This film is VERY light (it makes the terrible "Love Story" look like a complex drama) but it's so well-done you won't care. It's beautifully shot and well-directed. There are countless musical montages with the couple happily walking around in beautiful settings...but it works because the music score is incredible. It also switches from black and white to color for no real reason (it seems the budget could only afford some color so the rest had to be black and white). Aimee and Trintignant are wonderful actors and so incredibly good-looking you're rooting for them every step of the way. One scene in which they meet and hug was so perfect and romantic that I started to tear up:)). A lot of critics hated this because it's so lightweight but it captivated me and many other people. It was a big hit in 1966 and won the Best Foreign Film Oscar and (somehow) the Best Writing for the Screen! A big old romantic movie--a perfect date movie. I give this a 10.

This is my #1 movie of all time. I understand this style is not for everyone but for me it's pure genius. I would recommend this to people who love french cinema European cinema or romantic and poetic film. It is hard to imagine the 28 old Claude LeLouch mastered a love story between two middle-aged characters so well. The combination of black-and-while and color was supposedly because of the lack of funding however except for one scene, the color theme work excellently with the emotion and story-telling. The music from this movie is already a classic. I'm sure most people will recognize the tune. You'll enjoy a very memorable night =) The DVD is available on Amazon still.