A Man and a Woman

This article is about the 1966 French film. For the 1986 sequel, see A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later. For other uses, see A Man and a Woman (disambiguation).
A Man and a Woman
Theatrical release poster
FrenchUn homme et une femme
Directed byClaude Lelouch
Written by
Produced byClaude Lelouch
Starring
CinematographyClaude Lelouch
Edited by
  • Claude Barrois
  • Uncredited:
    Claude Lelouch
Music byFrancis Lai
Production
company
Les Films 13
Distributed byLes Artistes Associés[1]
Release dates
  • 10 May 1966 (1966-05-10) (Cannes)
  • 27 May 1966 (1966-05-27) (France)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$775,198[a]
Box office$14 million (US)[2]

A Man and a Woman (French: Un homme et une femme) is a 1966 French romantic drama film directed by Claude Lelouch and starring Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Written by Pierre Uytterhoeven and Lelouch, the film concerns a young widow and widower who meet by chance at their children's boarding school and whose budding relationship is complicated by the memories of their deceased spouses.[3] The film is known for its lush photography, which features frequent segues among full color, black-and-white, and sepia-toned shots, and for its music score by Francis Lai.

A Man and a Woman sold a total of 4,272,000 cinema tickets in France and was the sixth highest-grossing film of the year.[4] In the United States, the film grossed $14 million.[2] The film won several awards, including the Palme d'Or at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival,[5] two Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actress – Drama (for Aimée), and two Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.[6][7] A sequel, A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later, was released in 1986, followed by The Best Years of a Life, which was released in 2019.[8]

  1. ^ "A Man and a Woman (1966)". Unifrance. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Un homme et une femme (1966)". The Numbers. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ^ "A Man and a Woman". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Un homme et une femme". JP Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Un homme et une femme". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  6. ^ "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Golden Globe Awards for 1967". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Claude Lelouch retrouve Anouk Aimée et Jean-Louis Trintignant pour l'épilogue d'"Un homme et une femme"" (in French). France Info. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2022.


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