Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà (1986)

Director:

Claude Lelouch

Writers:

Claude Lelouch (original scenario & adaptation and dialogue) and
Pierre Uytterhoeven (adaptation) ...

Release Date:

15 August 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Tout a change... sauf leurs passions.

Plot:

Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating various women...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Number In Title

Cast

Anouk Aimée	...	Anne Gauthier
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Jean-Louis Duroc
Richard Berry	...	Richard Berry
Evelyne Bouix	...	Françoise
Marie-Sophie L.	...	Marie-Sophie (as Marie-Sophie Pochat)
Philippe Leroy	...	Professeur Thevenin / Professor Thevenin (as Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu)
Charles Gérard	...	Charlot
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor	...	Himself / Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Thierry Sabine	...	Thierry Sabine
Antoine Sire	...	Antoine
André Engel	...	Le metteur en scène / Film director
Robert Hossein	...	Robert Hossein
Jacques Weber	...	Jacques Weber
Tanya Lopert	...	Tanya Lopert
Nicole Garcia	...	Elle-même jouant 'Deux sur la balançoire'

Also Known As:

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (Canada: English title) (USA)

Runtime:

112 min | USA:102 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company:

Les Films 13

Movie Connections:

Features Dial M for Murder (1954)

A mixed bag.

The movie begins badly, with some racing scenes that go on for so long you may start thinking you're watching a James Bond flick. Then it wastes some more time by following the characters in their everyday activities, which are of little interest. But when the couple from "A Man And A Woman' is finally reunited, Lelouch shows that he still hasn't lost his touch when it comes to quiet dialogue scenes, in which expressions speak as loudly as words. And the idea of filming a movie ABOUT the story we saw in the first movie makes for an intriguing re-examination of the original from an unusual perspective - the perspective of the fictional character who starred in it. But Lelouch still can't stay concentrated on the things that really matter, and even when he later introduces a new, completely unexpected story thread (the "adventure" in the desert), he keeps intercutting it with another film-within-a-film, which is boring and pointless. The final impression is that of a film with many good things in it, but also a whole lot of flaws. (**1/2)