Another Man, Another Chance (Un autre homme, une autre chance, UK title: Another Man, Another Woman) is a 1977 French western film directed by Claude Lelouch.

Plot

France in 1870: Napoleon III has just lost the war against Prussia and left the country in poverty.

Another Man, Another Chance

Young Jeanne (Geneviève Bujold) falls in love with photographer Francis (Francis Huster), who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to The United States. 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 with his wife.

Another Man, Another Chance

It takes two years and two tragic accidents until Jeanne and David meet. Alone with a child, Jeanne has decided to return to France and is about to leave but then she and David silently and carefully fall in love for the second time in their lives and hope returns.

Another Man, Another Chance

Cast

James Caan - David Williams

Geneviève Bujold - Jeanne Leroy

Francis Huster - Francis Leroy

Susan Tyrrell - Debby / Alice

Jennifer Warren - Mary Williams

Rossie Harris - Simon

Linda Lee Lyons - Sarah

Jacques Villeret - Customer

Fred Stuthman - Mary's Father

Diana Douglas - Mary's Mother

Michael Berryman - 1st Bandit

William S. Bartman - Telegrapher

Dominic Barto - Wounded Man

Dick Farnsworth - Stagecoach Driver

George Flaherty - Sheriff Carter

Christopher Lloyd

Reception

Filmink said "it’s a little McCabe and Mrs Miller-ish with its usual, semi-lyrical look at an old West interspersed with shocking scenes of violence. It was shot (mostly) in English with a name co-star Genevieve Bujold, but no one saw it. More’s the pity."

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1977 films

1977 Western (genre) films

Films directed by Claude Lelouch

Films set in the 1870s

Films set in France

Films set in the United States

French Western (genre) films

United Artists films

Films scored by Francis Lai

English-language French films

1970s French films

Foreign films set in the United States