''The Best Years of a Life'' (french: Les plus belles années d'une vie) is a 2019 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Claude Lelouch
Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, actor and film producer, producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1 ...
. It was screened out of competition at the
2019 Cannes Film Festival
The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president. The Palme d'Or went to the South Korean film ''Parasite'', directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became t ...
.
It follows the lead characters featured in the earlier films ''
A Man and a Woman
''A Man and a Woman'' (french: Un homme et une femme) is a 1966 French film written and directed by Claude Lelouch and starring Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Written by Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven, the film concerns a young widow a ...
'' (1966) and ''
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later'' (1986). It was Trintignant's final film during his lifetime before his death in 2022.
Cast
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-war era. He starred in many classic fi ...
as Jean-Louis Duroc
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Anouk Aimée
Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (born 27 April 1932), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, is a French film actress, who has appeared in 70 films since 1947, having begun her film career at age 14. In her early years, she studi ...
as Anne Gauthier
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Souad Amidou
Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress.
Biography
She is the daughter of the actor Amidou. Her career started working with her father on the short film '' Le thé à la menthe'' in 1963. Then she was chosen by Claude Lelouch to ...
as Françoise Gauthier, daughter of Anne
* Antoine Sire as Antoine Duroc, son of Jean-Louis
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Marianne Denicourt
Marianne Denicourt (née Cuau; born 14 May 1963) is a French actress, director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 50 films and television productions since 1986.
She studied under Patrice Chéreau in 1985-86 at the Ecole du Théà ...
as La responsable
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Monica Bellucci
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (; born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model, modelling for Dolce & Gabbana and Dior, before making a transition to Italian films and later American and French ...
as Elena, daughter of Jean-Louis Duroc
References
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2019 films
2019 drama films
2010s French-language films
French romantic drama films
Films directed by Claude Lelouch
French sequel films
Films about Alzheimer's disease
2010s French films
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