“They make something wonderful out of being alive!”
Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.
Audrey Hepburn
Joanna Wallace
Albert Finney
Mark Wallace
Georges Descrières
David
Claude Dauphin
Maurice Dalbret
Nadia Gray
Françoise Dalbret
Jacqueline Bisset
Jackie
Eleanor Bron
Cathy Manchester
William Daniels
Howard Manchester
Gabrielle Middleton
Ruth Manchester
Judy Cornwell
Pat
Two for the Road is a drama, romance, comedy film released in 1967 exploring themes of infidelity, husband wife relationship, southern france, architect, marriage, europe. Directed by Stanley Donen, it stars Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Georges Descrières. Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.
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