The Best Years of a Life (2019)

Original title

Les plus belles années d'une vie

Directed by

Claude Lelouch

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 103 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly couple reconnect years after their first meeting. The film revisits characters from earlier films as they reflect on their shared past.

melancholicnostalgictenderbittersweetslow-pacedreflectivegentleintimateromantic

What happens

The Best Years of a Life (French: Les plus belles années d'une vie) is a 2019 French drama film directed by Claude Lelouch. It was screened out of competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It follows the lead characters featured in the earlier films A Man and a Woman (1966) and A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986). It was also Trintignant's and Aimée's final film roles during their lifetimes, prior to their deaths in 2022 and 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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