  a man and a woman () is a 1966 french film written and directed by claude lelouch and starring anouk aimÃ©e and jean-louis trintignant. written by lelouch and pierre uytterhoeven, the film is about a young widow and widower who meet by chance at their children's boarding school and whose budding relationship is complicated by the memories of their deceased spouses. the film is notable for its lush photography, which features frequent segues between full color, black-and-white, and sepia-toned shots, and for its memorable musical score by francis lai. a man and a woman had a total of 4,272,000 admissions in france and was the 6th highest grossing film of the year in that country. in the united states, the film earned $14,000,000. a man and a woman won many awards, including the palme d'or at the 1966 cannes film festival, and academy awards for best foreign language film and best writing. a sequel, a man and a woman: 20 years later (un homme et une femme, 20 ans dÃ©jÃ ) was released in 1986. ==plot== a young widow, anne gauthier (anouk aimÃ©e), is raising her daughter franÃ§oise (souad amidou) alone following the death of her husband (pierre barouh) who worked as a stuntman and who died in a movie set accident that she witnessed. still working as a film script supervisor, anne 
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