An Adventure for Two (French: À nous deux, lit. 'Between the Two of Us') is a 1979 crime and romance film written, directed and produced by Claude Lelouch. It was screened out of competition at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.
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Cast
Catherine Deneuve as Françoise
Jacques Dutronc as Simon Lacassaigne
Jacques Villeret as Tonton Musique
Paul Préboist as Mimile
Bernard Le Coq as photographer (as Bernard Lecoq)
Gilberte Géniat as Zézette
Jacques Godin as Major Strauss
Monique Mélinand as Françoise's mother
Émile Genest as American chief of police
Jean-François Rémi as Françoise's father
Bernard Crombey as Alain (as Bernard Crommbey)
Daniel Auteuil as thug
John Boylan as highway patrol
Production
Us Two was a French and Canadian co-production, with 75% of the funding from the Paris-based Les Films 13 and 25% from the Montreal-based Cinévidéo.
Release
An Adventure for Two was first shown out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 23, 1979 where it was the closing event for the festival. It was shown in Canada at the 1979 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 1979. It was distributed in Quebec by Ciné 360 and Creswin Film and Distribution outside Quebec in Canada with subtitles as An Adventure for Two.
The authors of French Thrillers of the 1970s: Volume I, Crime Films (2026) described the box office for the film in France as being disappointing, with only 686,000 spectators.