Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles (2004)
Genre: Drama / War
Duration: 133 minuten
Alternative title: A Very Long Engagement
Country:
France / United States
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel and Dominique Pinon
IMDb score:
7,6 (77.789)
Releasedate: 26 October 2004
Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles plot
"Never let go."
During the First World War, five men in the Somme are ordered to move to the first line of fire. A court martial has decided to punish them and leave them in this desolate region, so that they will be killed in battle. It is there that they die. Only a young crippled woman who was engaged to one of the missing men receives information that leads her to believe that he survived. She then decides to embark on a long, difficult and often frustrating quest to discover the truth.
Actors and actresses
Mathilde
Manech
Sylvain
Bénédicte
Pierre-Marie Rouvières
Germain Pire
Tina Lombardi
Ange Bassignano
Elodie Gordes
Benjamin Gordes
Reviews & comments
Alathir
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- 2133 messages
- 1638 votes
Even with this film, Jeunet doesn't captivate me much. The story is presented too complex, it is long-winded and quite distant, which leaves me completely cold. I already found that in Amelie. The quest goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on in a way to end disappointingly. He doesn't remember her but then basically says the exact same thing as they did on their first(?) meeting. I thought it was a bit like Elle S'appelait Sarah in a way from the research. Although I like the film a lot better so further comparison is pointless.
It is by no means exciting, nor is it possible if you tell your story with voice-overs. Yet these kinds of films often score remarkably high, while this one is also no more than entertaining. The color filter is a bit of a miss in my opinion, a bit too yellow. It does give the film warmth in itself, but Tautou never manages to convey that fervor. What a lax actress she is, her facial expression is always the same. Nice ass maybe but if that's all she can offer in 2 hours, I don't need it. In Amélie she doesn't give a shit because of the introversion she has to show, but here she certainly does. The war scenes nevertheless look very professional and the soldiers are all neatly dressed.
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