Evento

A Man and a Woman @ Classic French Film Festival

A Man and a Woman
(Un homme et une femme)
Claude Lelouch
France
1966, color, 102 min. Restoration, new 35mm print

Starring Anouk Aimée and "Amour's" Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Lelouch's much-loved "A Man and a Woman" chronicles the budding relationship between a young widow and widower who meet by chance at their children's boarding school a romance complicated by the memories of their deceased spouses. The film is notable for its lush photography and memorable musical score by Francis Lai. "A Man and a Woman" won the Palme d'Or at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival and Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay. Lelouch supervised this new restoration, which screens from an archival 35mm print. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.

Intro/discussion by Scott Foundas, chief film critic for Variety and former programmer for the Film Society of Lincoln Center (including FSLC's annual Rendez-vous with French Cinema series)

Sponsored by:
Jane M. and Bruce P. Robert Charitable Foundation