Toute Une Vie (And Now My Love)

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Claude Lelouch's romantic drama Toute une Vie chronicles three different love affairs over three generations during the 20th century. Marthe Keller and Charles Denner portray different members of the families in each of the generations. The stories involve a cameraman's son who suffers and survives internment in a concentration camp in World War II, and his daughter, who marries a man who begins adulthood as an ex-convict and a scoundrel but gradually matures and becomes a well-respected filmmaker living in New York. Each section of the film utilizes a style of filmmaking that is associated with the time period being portrayed. Lelouch earned an Academy Award nomination (along with co-screenwriter Pierre Uytterhoeven) for his screenplay in 1975. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Rating:

PG (nudity)
Genre:

Art House & International, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed By:

Claude Lelouch
Written By:

Pierre Uytterhoeven
In Theaters:

Jun 1, 1974 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Dec 9, 2003
Runtime:

150 minutes
Studio:

Cinéma Du Parc

Cast

Marthe Keller
as Sarah / Her Mother / Her Grandmother

André Dussollier
as Simon

Charles Denner
as Sarah's Father / Operator / Sarah's Grandfather

Carla Gravina
as Sarah's Italian Grandmother

Charles Gérard
as Simon's Friend

Gilbert Bécaud
as Himself

Alain Basnier
as Understudy

Daniel Boulanger
as (age 14)/(age 18) Hero

Elie Choraqui
as Amorous Union Man

Nathalie Courval
as Wife of the Lawyer

André Falcon
as Lawyer

Angelo Infanti
as A Stud

Annie Kerani
as A Woman of Simon

Sam Letrone
as Restaurant Owner

Judith Magre
as Wife of the Operator

Gerard Sire
as Director of L'Usine

Gabriele Tinti
as Six-Day Husband

Venantino Venantini
as Very Italian Italian Man

Harry Walter
as Lover Among Many

Yvan Tanguy
as General's Aide

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Critic Reviews for Toute Une Vie (And Now My Love)

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3)

Mr. Lelouch, of course, gives amour its due in And Now My Love, but this is not nearly so impressive as his perceptive, often touching portraits of three eras and their principals.

Jan 15, 2008 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

A.H. Weiler
New York Times
Top Critic
If Lelouch's sensibilities are too flimsy to substantiate his quasi-epic ambitions, the film nevertheless offers some cozy comforts and more than a few inside filmmaking jokes.

Jan 15, 2008 | Full Review…

Don Druker
Chicago Reader
Top Critic
A film so sentimental and implausible that its emotional indulgence almost seems avant-garde.

Jan 15, 2008 | Full Review…

Time Out
Top Critic
Claude (A Man and a Woman) Lelouch's glossy multi-generational melodrama received Best Screenplay Oscar nomination.

Mar 20, 2012 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
[An] energetic, episodic view of three generations of Parisians.

Jan 15, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

TV Guide
La schmaltz! Sentimental and implausible.

Jan 15, 2008 | Full Review…

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