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Claude Lelouch's romantic masterpiece. Anouk Aimeé and Jean louis Trintignant stars in this rather unusual love story.


DVD Features:
Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Two Documentaries, the All-New "A Man and a Woman: 37 Years Later" and the Vintage "Un Homme et Une Femme," Both Featuring ANOUK AIMEE, JEAN-LOUIS TRINTIGNANT and Director/Co-Writer CLAUDE LELOUCH
Theatrical Trailer of This and Its 1986 Sequel A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

I really like this movie a lot, but I have an issue on the transfer, it's full of dust and it hasn't been cleaned properly. Don't know if WB will ever be re-releasing it.

I've read some complaints about not respecting the b&w sections of the movie, but the only way to know for sure is if I would be able to see it on it's theatrical release. does anyone can comment on this matter?


Axel.

I saw it when it first came out. The B/W sections were both in black and white and sepia, as I remember. The original print was somewhat grainy.

I guess this kind of dates me.

Panda

I'm not very familiar with the work of Claude Lelouch but I decided to invest some time with his most well-known title. Came out with mixed feelings, to tell you the truth.

What drew me to this love story was the music, in the first place. I had known it for the longest time having first heard it on a compilation CD of soundtrack music (or was it a Francis Lai Best Of? Don't know anymore). This music in particular has the ability to linger in your mind long after you've seen the movie and it provides a wonderful soundtrack to a lazy August day such as today. It carries that sort of nostalgic mood to it that envelops you like an old blanket that you found tucked away in a drawer somewhere.

Another thing that instantly drew me to the movie was its stars (Aimee and Trintignant make the most stylish couple on a motion picture ever!). Their chemistry together is a given from the get-go. In fact, I don't consider Trintignant a beauty but let's just say that Aimee is able to turn him into a very desirable man when they're on screen together. Not a mean feat.

And then there's the cinematography. My God, this film reads like a veritable anthology of just how classy and intelligent and civilized the french must have seemed to the rest of the world at the time. Foggy afternoons at the pier, dinners in the kind of restaurants you only find when driving through rural France, I mean, even the rain looks classy! It really is a romantic film from every which angle you see it. But not schmaltzy. Just the right amount.

Also worthy of mention amongst all these delectables is the story itself. I won't spoil it for if you haven't seen it but I was happy to notice that this was one of the rare times when you actually have a truly adult love story told in truly adult terms. Took me back to the first time I watched Sunday Bloody Sunday. I felt the same thing. Very rewarding feeling it is too.

So why the mixed feelings, you ask? Well, I just couldn't emotionally connect with the relationship between two people with such exotic jobs (she, a script girl and he, a test driver). Maybe I'm being too demanding or have just gotten used to seeing more mundane lives and loves being portrayed on the screen. Still, that was kind of a barrier to me. Maybe a second viewing will erase that.

BTW, has anyone seen the sequel? Is it as bad as imdb.com users make it out to be? And what about other Lelouch films you can recommend me?