The Best Years of a Life

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…

Cast

Anouk Aimée

Anne Gauthier

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Duroc

Antoine Sire

Antoine Duroc, le fils de Jean-Louis

Marianne Denicourt

La responsable de la maison de retraite

Souad Amidou

Françoise Gauthier, la fille d'Anne

Monica Bellucci

Elena Duroc, la fille de Jean-Louis

Tess Lauvergne

Tess

Laurent Prudhomme

Gendarme

Jean-Yves Cressenville

Gendarme

Bernard Warnas

Gendarme