This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

I don't know whether or not Claude Lelouch was considered part of the French New Wave, but judging by "Un homme et une femme" ("A Man and a Woman" in English), I'd say that he should be. The Oscar-winning movie chronicles a relationship that has arisen following tragic circumstances. The switching back and forth between black-and-white and color adds a mystifying angle to the plot. But most important is the complexity of the characters and subtlety of the plot. Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimée put on the performances of a lifetime. I guess that the movie's overall point is that life comes at us fast and can throw in unpleasant surprises, so we need to develop social connections however possible.A masterpiece.

the music. that was, for me, many years, the most powerful memory about that simple, dramatic, delicate, touching love story. than, the art of a great director. in final - the actors. it is one of small gems who are far to be a challenge and to desire become masterpiece. that kind of movie delicate, refined, seductive for the reflection of real life in its most important aspects, interesting for the meeting between two actors who transforms in poetry a common story about love and choice and limits and expectations. A Man and a Woman is a classic. for its substance , for the message, for emotions, for the art to e more than love story but slice of every day life.a Lelouch who remains almost fascinating.

is my central memory. that mixture between music, past, meetings, Monte Carlo atmosphere, phone calls, I love you, children and love between she and her husband, the beach, the old man and his dog, the meeting in final, in a train station. and music. again. a film about love but in a delicate - fragile way. romantic but out of definitions about romanticism.a man. a woman. and a meeting. nothing else. the children, the Sunday , the colors of memories - pieces around an axis. a salad with many fruits but an unique flavor. a legend , a lesson about limits of feelings, nice common crumbs and masterpiece of passion.that is all. like a hot bread. like a race. like a telegram. like a beach, a dog and an old man.

The film tells a love story in an interesting way, with several good ideas (retrospectives, ...) but also several very bad ideas (the camera turning round and round the couple in love, the dog running hence and forth). I am not sure watching just for the few good ideas makes it worthwhile. Maybe so, the director transforms the poor script into a much better film than Hollywood would.However, most importantly, the plot is silly. There is nothing unexpected, nothing out of the ordinary, plainly silly. It happens every day that two people fall in love with each other, travel together, go a long way to see each other, can't really go on with each other... What is the point of such a story?