The Best Years of a Life

2019

6.6 (105)

1 hr 30 min

$1,873,079

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…

Top Cast

Anouk Aimée as Anne Gauthier

Jean-Louis Trintignant as Jean-Louis Duroc

Antoine Sire as Antoine Duroc, le fils de Jean-Louis

Marianne Denicourt as La responsable de la maison de retraite

Souad Amidou as Françoise Gauthier, la fille d'Anne

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