The Best Years of a Life

The Best Years of a Life (French: Les plus belles années d'une vie) is a 2019 French drama film directed by Claude Lelouch.^[1] It was screened out of competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] It follows the lead characters featured in the earlier films A Man and a Woman (1966) and A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986). It is also Trintignant's and Aimée's final film roles during their lifetimes until their deaths in 2022 and 2024.

The Best Years of a Life
Film poster
French	Les plus belles années d'une vie
Directed by	Claude Lelouch
Written by	Claude Lelouch
Starring	Anouk Aimée Jean-Louis Trintignant
Release date	18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) (Cannes)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cast

• Jean-Louis Trintignant as Jean-Louis Duroc
• Anouk Aimée as Anne Gauthier
• Souad Amidou as Françoise Gauthier, daughter of Anne
• Antoine Sire as Antoine Duroc, son of Jean-Louis
• Marianne Denicourt as La responsable
• Monica Bellucci as Elena, daughter of Jean-Louis Duroc