The Best Years of a Life

The Best Years of a Life (Les plus belles années d'une vie) is a 2019 French drama film directed by Claude Lelouch. It was screened out of competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. 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.

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