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AND NOW MY LOVE (TOUTE UNE VIE)
France, 1974
Directed by Claude Lelouch
Written by Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven
With Marthe Keller, André Dussollier, Charles Denner
Music by Francis Lai
Songs by Gilbert Bécaud
Academy Award® nominee – Best Writing, Original Screenplay, 1974
Approx. 129 min. DCP.
Claude Lelouch's tale of the interweaving personal and historical events that create and destroy families traces the former lives that lead to his protagonists. Sarah (Marthe Keller), a wild '60s teenager obsessed with singer Gilbert Bécaud (playing himself), comes from a fractured family line buffeted by war, violence, and the Holocaust. Simon (André Dussolier), a petty criminal turned filmmaker who also feels a close connection to Bécaud, closes the loop on Sarah's history. “A love affair to the entire cultural, economic, and political history of the 20th century.” – Don Drucker, Chicago Reader
Reviews
“Perceptive, often touching portraits of three eras and their principals.”
– The New York Times