A Very Long Engagement (2004)

Original title

Un long dimanche de fiançailles

Directed by

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

France

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 1,343 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman searches for her fiancé who may have been killed in World War I. She follows clues and meets people who knew him, hoping to uncover the truth.

romanticmelancholicvisually lushslow-burndeterminedsuspensefulpoignantwhimsical

What happens

A Very Long Engagement (French: Un long dimanche de fiançailles, lit. 'A Long Sunday of Engagement') is a 2004 romantic war drama film, co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel and Marion Cotillard. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed during World War I. It was based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Sébastien Japrisot. The film is a co-production between France and the United States. It was released theatrically in France on 27 October 2004 and in the United States on 26 November 2004. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography at the 77th Academy Awards. Marion Cotillard earned the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, while Gaspard Ulliel won the César Award for Most Promising Actor at the 30th César Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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