Man and a Woman

UPC: 085392431229

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Questionable for Children]

Summary: The ultimate "date" movie of the mid-1960s, director Claude Lelouch's A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et Une Femme) stars Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimee in the title roles. The twosome meet at the boarding school where their children are enrolled. Aimee, an actress, misses her train home, and Trintignant, a professional race car driver, offers her a ride. It is the first of several friendly encounters which eventually blossom into love. Both want to commit to each other, but neither can shake the Past. The now-famous climactic scene in a train station was not scripted at the time of shooting, thus Aimee was unaware that director Lelouch had decided upon a tearful reunion between her and Trintignant. This explains the look of utter surprise on the actress' face. Much has been written about the possible motivation behind Lelouch's decision to film some scenes in color, others in black-and-white. None of the more ardent auterists truly want to hear the director's explanation: he'd run short of money halfway through production, and black-and-white film stock was infinitely cheaper. The winner of two Oscars (one for Best Foreign Film), A Man and A Woman also scored on the "top ten" with its memorable theme music by Francis Lai. A sequel, A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later appeared....twenty years later. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Romance

Awards: Best Film - Any Source – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Foreign Actress – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Director – null Best Original Score – null Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language – null Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Foreign Language Film – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Grand Prix – Cannes Film Festival Best Foreign Film – National Board of Review Best Original Score – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: cc2 documentaries: "37 Years Later With Claude Lelouche" & "Un Homme et une Femme"
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English & French language tracks
English, French, & Spanish subtitles

Man and a Woman

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 03/18/2003

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 103 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Parents and Kids (Credits) [6:57]
2. A Ride Home [5:22]
3. Anne's Husband [3:30]
4. Samba Sarava [4:00]
5. One Chance Too Many [3:01]
6. Revving Up [6:45]
7. Rainy Sunday Drive [7:04]
8. About Their Jobs [9:22]
9. Seaside Afternoon [5:49]
10. Jean-Louis' Wife [9:32]
11. The Truth [2:06]
12. At Work [:13]
13. Today It's You, Today It's Me (Aujord'hui C'est Toi) [4:55]
14. Anne's Telegram [2:30]
15. Anxious Thoughts [3:44]
16. Deauville Reunion [7:19]
17. Love Montage (In Our Shadow) [3:38]
18. Lovers Part (Love Is Stronger Than We) [5:53]
19. A Couple of Fools? [6:13]
20. Lovers Reunite [3:00]

Michael Costello

Lelouch's charming romance may not exactly sound the depths of male-female relations, but in its flashy cutting, enraptured camera movements, glamorous locations, appealing performers, and undercurrent of bittersweet romantic longing, the film is as pleasurable as the lightest of souffl?s. The man (Jean-Louis Trintignant), a professional auto racer, and the woman (Anouk Aimee), a film continuity person, meet at his children's school and begin to fall in love during a lengthy drive. As they come to know one another and their relationship grows, both are fettered by powerful memories of past loves. Perhaps the most accurate description of the film is "two hours of MTV for almost middle-aged people who like French movie music." As the lovers dash about from film sets to hospitals to racetracks, with the camera perpetually awhirl, the film leaping back in forth in time, and the stock switching from color to black-and-white, one is entertained while having little idea what's happening between the two lovers. It becomes a simple matter to project one's own fantasies onto these attractive, thinly sketched romantic archetypes, which may explain the film's enormous international success. What now seems most unusual about the film is its gentle lyricism and the lack of antagonism in the couple's relationship despite the considerable stresses of both their lives. The motif of gentle lyricism is picked up in Francis Lai's memorable theme, which became a huge hit in its own right. ~ Michael Costello, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Paul Le Person  Actor 
Antoine Sire  Actor 
Souad Amidou  Actor 
Gerard Sire  Actor 
Francis Lai  Composer (Music Score) 
Claude Lelouch  Director 
Claude Lelouch  Producer 
Claude Lelouch  Screenwriter 
Pierre Uytterhoeven  Screenwriter 
Anouk Aimée  Actor 
Jean-Louis Trintignant  Actor 
Pierre Barouh  Actor 
Valerie Lagrange  Actor 
Henri Chemin  Actor 
Simone Paris  Actor 
Yane Barry  Actor 

Country: France