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Film show: 'The Best Years of a Life', 'Pain and Glory' and 'Young Ahmed'

Claude Lelouch has pulled off quite a feat for his latest film as he reunites Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant from "A Man and a Woman" more than 50 years after they made the Palme d'Or-winning film. Also, director Pedro Almodovar takes a bittersweet look back at an artistic life in the autobiographical "Pain and Glory"; film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why Antonio Banderas’ performance deserved the best actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

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