Un autre homme, une autre chance

Claude Lelouch's Another Man, Another Chance is set in the late 1800s American West. A widowed frontier veterinarian, David (James Caan), and widow Jeanne (Geneviève Bujold) silently and carefully fall in love after losing their spouses. France in 1870: Napoleon III has just lost the war against Prussia and left the country in poverty. Young Jeanne (Geneviève 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 with his wife. 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. (Cinemax)