Movie
A Very Long Engagement
2004R2h 13m7.3 / 10
Never let go.
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
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Synopsis
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
Cast, crew and production details
About A Very Long Engagement
Cast
Audrey TautouMathilde
Gaspard UllielManech
Dominique PinonSylvain
Chantal NeuwirthBénédicte
André DussollierPierre-Marie Rouvières
Ticky HolgadoGermain Pire
Marion CotillardTina Lombardi
Dominique BettenfeldAnge BassignanoCredits
- Directed by
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Written by
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant, Sébastien Japrisot
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Un long dimanche de fiançailles
- Budget
- $47M
Production
- 2003 Productions
- Tapioca FilmsFrance
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
TF1 Films ProductionFrance
Warner Bros. Entertainment FranceFrance
Themes
airshipamnesiabodily disabled persondisappearancelighthouselighthouse keeperloss of loved onemissing personparis, francepolioprivate detectiveprostitutesoldierteenage crush
