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The Best Years of a Life

2019 · 90 min

A gentle, nostalgic stroll through memory and late-life romance, steeped in wistful longing and tender reunions.

Directed by
Claude Lelouch
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Starring
Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Antoine Sire
Overview
They knew each other long ago: a man and a woman whose dazzling and unexpected romance captured in the now-iconic film revolutionized our understanding of love. Today, the former race car driver seems lost in the pathways of his memory. In order to help him, his son seeks out the woman his father wasn’t able to cherish but whom he constantly revisits in his thoughts and dreams. Anne reunites with Jean-Louis and their story picks up where they left it…

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Directed by
Claude Lelouch
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Starring
Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Antoine Sire
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • love
  • aging
  • grief
  • family
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance8
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, comedy
Directed by
Claude Lelouch
Written by
Claude Lelouch
Starring
Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Antoine Sire, Marianne Denicourt, Souad Amidou, Monica Bellucci, Tess Lauvergne, Laurent Prudhomme
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
Italian, French

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