

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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Trailer
'The Best Years Of A Life' - first English-language trailer - Claude Lelouch
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
Benjamin Patou
Le gendarme sur les planches

Laurent Dassault
Le réceptionniste
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