Directed by: Claude Lelouch
Year of production: 1977
Country: France, USA
Genre: drama, western
Length: 130 minutes
France, 1870. Napoleon III has just lost the war against Prussia and left the country in poverty. Young Jeanne (Genevieve Bujold) falls in love with photographer Francis (Francis Huster), who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west, they build up a small photo shop. Meanwhile animal doctor David (James Caan) lives on his lonesome farm together with his unlucky wife. It takes years and two tragic accidents until Jeanne and David meet. She has already decided to return to France as soon as possible, but love, and fate, have other plans.
Credits
Directed and written by: Claude LELOUCH
Director of photography: Stanley Cortez, Jacques LEFRANÇOIS
Music: Francis LAI, Gabriel YARED
Editing: Georges KLOTZ, Fabien D. Tordjmann
Production design: Frank R. McKelvy
Costumes: Jean Pezet
Actors
James CAAN
Geneviève BUJOLD
Francis HUSTER
Jacques VILLERET
Jacques HIGELIN
Pierre BAROUH
Jean-François RÉMI
Simon EINE
Philippe DUVAL
Rossie HARRIS
Linda Lee LYONS
Susan TYRRELL
Jennifer WARREN