| A Very Long Engagement - Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Audrey Tautou |
Mathilde
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| Gaspard Ulliel |
Manech
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| Dominique Pinon |
Sylvain
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| Chantal Neuwirth |
Bénédicte
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| André Dussollier |
Pierre-Marie Rouvières
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| Ticky Holgado |
Germain Pire
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| Marion Cotillard |
Tina Lombardi
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| Dominique Bettenfeld |
Ange Bassignano
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| Jodie Foster |
Elodie Gordes
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| Jean-Pierre Darroussin |
Benjamin Gordes
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| Julie Depardieu |
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| Jean-Claude Dreyfus |
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| Andre Dussollier |
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| Plot |
| Both epic and intimate, A Very Long Engagement reunites Audrey Tautou and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the star and director of the hugely popular Amelie. A young woman named Mathilde (Tautou, Happenstance)separated from her lover by World War I refuses to believe he's been killed and launches an investigation into his fate--an investigation that spins in all directions, creating dozens of miniature stories (including that of an Italian prostitute avenging the death of her own lover by elaborate means) that shift to and fro in time. The dazzling curlicues of narrative put brutality and tenderness back to back, shifting between crushing inevitabilities and miraculous rescues with deft storytelling skill and the lush visual style of the director of Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children. Through it all, Tautou--fierce and luminous--anchors the movie effortlessly. She's among the most emotionally engaging actresses in cinema, with the kind of expressive beauty that transcends language. A gorgeous, far-reaching film; the huge cast also includes Jodie Foster (The Silence of the Lambs), Gaspard Ulliel (Strayed), and Dominique Pinon (Alien: Resurrection). --Bret Fetzer |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Foreign; Mystery; Romance; War |
| Director |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Producer |
Francis Boespflug; Bill Gerber; Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Writer |
Guillaume Laurant; Sébastien Japrisot |
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| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
| Country |
France
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| Language |
French |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
133 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
10/27/2004 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
816 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
10/26/2006 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.78:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
085393897222 |
| Release Date |
7/12/2005 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
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Extra Features
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Disc 1:
Audio Commentary by Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Disc 2:
The Making Of "A Very Long Engagement"
Paris in the '20s
Before the Explosion
Deleted Scenes with Jean-Pierre Jeunet Audio Commentary |
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