Name: The Best Years of a Life
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Released: 2019-05-22
Rating: 6.6

201912

DramaRomanceComedy1h 30m

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82%

Tomatometer

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62%

Popcornmeter

6.6

TMDB

Storyline

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…

Trailers

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Details

DirectorClaude Lelouch

ReleasedMay 22, 2019

StatusReleased

Original languageFrench

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

$1.9M

Parental guide12BE

Studios

France 2 Cinéma

Les Films 13

Davis Films

France TélévisionsSofiTVciné 6

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

5 fresh · 1 rotten

Guy Lodge

RTVarietyMay 31, 2019

Trintignant and Aimée bring the film all the bittersweet gravitas they can manage, elevating the featherweight drama with a palpable sense of longing and a shared, rueful acknowledgement of mortality, etched in skin...

Eric Kohn

RTIndieWireMay 20, 2019

"The Best Years of a Life" delivers a melancholic salute to the original movie. However, Lelouch's obsession with his story's legacy means that the movie often defaults to a saccharine nostalgia trip.

Stephen Dalton

RTThe Hollywood ReporterMay 19, 2019

This wistful closing chapter has little chance of repeating the big splash made by A Man and a Woman. Even so, there is bittersweet humor and poignant insight here...

Erick Estrada

RTCinegarageAug 5, 2022

Lelouch seems to tell us that film is probably the only instrument that's left to represent the grandeur of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love. [Full review in Spanish]