Toute une vie

This is my lifetime favorite movie too, replacing its predecessor of early years, IF. I don't know how many times I've seen it, more than 20. I like the music, the evolution of film portrayed in the techniques used, the love at first sight but you need to know the history to understand why it happens theme, the fact that the movie he's making in the movie is the movie you're seeing, the intricacy, the detail, the irreverence. The last scene through the airplane window when he notices she takes the mythical extra lump of sugar always makes me cry. I rarely see this film around in video stores anymore. I want to see it again. Haven't seen it in maybe a decade.

See the subtitled version if you can. Lelouch weaves a wonderful, comic and tragic story covering most of the 20th century Europe. Within this global sweep, he traces the path of two people who are destined to meet. You see events from their grandparents' and parents' lives and then from their separate childhoods.

Loved it when it came in 1974, at 15 the fateful romance theme was intoxicating. Seeing it for the second time a few decades later, there was a slow stirring of emotions until the last 20 embarrassing minutes of which i had no recollection. Was relieved to read other user's reviews on this site, which explained the CD showed the unedited version. Now i know that i don't have Alzheimmer's. Heavy on the Schmaltz and platitudes, this time around i enjoyed rediscovering the songs of Gilbert Becaud. The lyrics of "Et maintenant" somehow sum up the movie and my relationship to it: the cherish memory of it has departed. At one point Sarah, (the main character) observes that one should not see again the people we have loved , and the same might apply to this movie.

I have seen the film just a few nights ago.I agree that the futuristic part is enigmatic but it is also magic. Leloush couldn't give it up for the best reasons,and it is very dramatic to the story/legend that he is trying to tell us here. That part was taken at turkey,on the biblical site in the goreme valley, a cave town called the "The Witches Chimney's"- directly referring the Holocaust. Also, it is both futuristic & prehistoric land. This is the birthplace of nations in the bible. A place not far from Eden and Arrarat mountain. His point of view is panoramic and spectacular in that sense, and vital to the film which is an allegory before everything else. He points us the ongoing clash of traditions, nationalities,international politics and genders in one film which makes it a masterpiece to me. He also rewrites a totally different story of a man & woman, his classic, in historic context, only after 8 years.

Truly one of the most romantic films ever made. Beautifully shot by LeLouch, this undeservedly obscure film should be required viewing for all movie lovers. Don't miss it.