The ultimate "date movie" of the mid-1960s, director Claude Lelouch's A Man and a Woman stars Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimée in the title roles.

Both recently widowed, Jean-Louis and Anne meet in Deauville at the boarding school where their children are enrolled. When Anne misses her train home, Jean-Louis, a professional race car driver, offers her a ride. It is the first of several friendly encounters that eventually blossom into love. They want to engage in a new relationship but they both have trouble shaking their tragic pasts..

Claude Lelouch's first film was a stroke of genius. It was an international box office success and won a multitude of awards, including two Oscars, two Golden Globes, and the top prize at the International Cannes Film Festival. The musical score by Francis Lai went on to become as cult as the movie, in particular the catchy main theme "chabadabada, chabadabada...", one the defining tunes of the decade. This is the first time that the SFFF presents a film by legendary filmmaker Claude Lelouch.

Fun facts:

Much has been written about the possible motivation behind Lelouch's decision to film some scenes in color, others in black-and-white. No one truly wants to hear the director's down to earth explanation: he'd run short of money halfway through production, and black-and-white film stock was infinitely cheaper.

The now-famous climactic scene in a train station was not scripted at the time of shooting, thus Aimée was unaware that director Lelouch had decided upon a tearful reunion between her and Trintignant. This explains the look of utter surprise on the actress's face.

In 1986, Lelouch directed a sequel, A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later.