Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Pierre Barouh in A Man and a Woman (1966)

A Man and a Woman

Original title: Un homme et une femme
Movie1966• Approved• 1h 42m
DramaRomance
⭐ 7.5 / 10(13,548)

A widow and a widower find their relationship developing into love, but their past tragedies prove hard to overcome, causing them to proceed with utmost delicacy.

Rated
Approved
Runtime
1h 42m
Released
1966
Country
France

Details

Release year: 1966

Storyline

A widow and a widower find their relationship developing into love, but their past tragedies prove hard to overcome, causing them to proceed with utmost delicacy.

Top credits

Cast
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Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

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Did you know

• The black and white part was not intended for artistic purpose but due to a lack of money. Lelouch could not afford having all the film developed in color.

• Claude Lelouch shot this movie with a team of seven people only.

• The race scene about 53 minutes into the film is the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans. The actor Jean-Louis Trintignant's (Jean-Louis Duroc) uncle is in this race, driving a Maserati Tipo 151/1, #2. He is Maurice Trintignant, a Grand Prix and sports cars racer. He won eleven Grand Prix races (some non-points races) and the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $91,785

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $12,549 (2025-04-06)

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

A love between a widow and a widower

👍 16 · 4/8/2004
⭐ 8/10

still pleasing 37 years later

👍 48 · 7/23/2003
⭐ 6/10

Not a whole lot to this

👍 18 · 3/5/2012

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color, Black and White

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