In 1919, Mathilde was 19 years old. Two years earlier, her fiancé Manech left for the front at the Somme. Like millions of others he was "killed on the field of battle." It's written in black and white on the official notice. But Mathilde refuses to believe it. If Manech had died, she would know. She hangs on to her intuition as tightly as she would onto the last thread of hope linking her to her lover. A former sergeant tells her in vain that Manech died in the no man's land of a trench named Bingo Crepescule, in the company of four other men condemned to die for self-inflicted wounds. Her path ahead is full of obstacles but Mathilde is not frightened. Anything is possible to someone who is willing to challenge fate...

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A Very Long Engagement (2004)

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Mystery/Romance/Drama · 2h 13m · 10/27/2004

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In 1919, Mathilde was 19 years old. Two years earlier, her fiancé Manech left for the front at the Somme. Like millions of others he was "killed on the field of battle." It's written in black and white on the official notice. But Mathilde refuses to believe it. If Manech had died, she would know. She hangs on to her intuition as tightly as she would onto the last thread of hope linking her to her lover. A former sergeant tells her in vain that Manech died in the no man's land of a trench named Bingo Crepescule, in the company of four other men condemned to die for self-inflicted wounds. Her path ahead is full of obstacles but Mathilde is not frightened. Anything is possible to someone who is willing to challenge fate...

Status

Released

Languages

French, German

Countries

France, United States

Production Companies

2003 Productions, Warner Bros

Budget

$56,600,000

Revenue

$69,424,389
Source
Cast
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Audrey Tautou

Mathilde
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Jean-Claude Lecoq

Le mitrailleur allemand
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Pascale Lievyn

Le couple bourgeois
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Marcel Philippot

Le couple bourgeois
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Frankie Pain

La maquerelle
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Xavier Berlioz

L'ordonnance
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Luc Sonzogni

Un soldat floué
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Gérald Weingand

Un soldat floué
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Rufus

Un Breton
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Philippe Beautier

Le blagueur du train
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Mick Gondouin

Un poilu (as Mike Gondouin)
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Eric Debrosse

Un poilu
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Philippe Maymat

Un poilu
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Pierre Heitz

Un poilu
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Marc Robert

Un poilu
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Jean-Gilles Barbier

Le sergent (as Jean Gilles Barbier)
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Louis-Marie Audubert

Un fossoyeur
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Eric Fraticelli

Le corse menaçant
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Esther Sironneau

L'infirmière
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Stéphanie Gesnel

Une fille de joie
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Frédérique Bel

Une fille de joie
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Aleksandra Yermak

Passante sur la place de l'Opéra
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Aleksandrs Petukhovs

Soldier
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Christophe Perie

Soldier
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Arnaud Mathey-Dreyfus

Soldier Hooked in a Tree
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Arnaud Marciszewer

Baptistin 8 ans
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Julien Lecat

Un soldat
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Arnaud Klein

Soldier
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Rachel Desmarest

Petite prostitute
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Marie-Thé Colmagne

Une bourgeoise (1910)
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Xavier Bonastre

Un bourgeois (1910)
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Morgan Berthon

Un soldat regardant Manech
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Anaïs Durand

Hélène Pire
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Jean-Philippe Bèche

Georges Cornu (as Jean-Philippe Beche)
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Gaspar Claus

L'Allemand transperçé
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Eric Defosse

Un brancardier
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Alexandre Caumartin

Un brancardier
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Tony Gaultier

Un fossoyeur
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Till Bahlmann

Le prisonnier allemand
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Xavier Maly

Le camarade de Chardolot
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Rodolphe Pauly

Jean Desrochelles
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Elina Löwensohn

La femme allemande
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Jean-Paul Rouve

e facteur (as Jean Paul Rouve)
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Albert Dupontel

Célestin Poux
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Jérôme Kircher

Bastoche
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Denis Lavant

Six-Soux
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Jean-Pierre Becker

Esperanza (as Jean Pierre Becker)
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Clovis Cornillac

Benoît Notre-Dame
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Julie Depardieu

Véronique Passavant
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Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Benjamin Gordes (as Jean Pierre Darroussin)
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Dominique Bettenfeld

Ange Bassignano
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Marion Cotillard

Tina Lombardi
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Ticky Holgado

Germain Pire
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André Dussollier

Pierre-Marie Rouvières
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Chantal Neuwirth

Bénédicte
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Dominique Pinon

Sylvain
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Gaspard Ulliel

Manech
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Jodie Foster

Elodie Gordes
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Michel Vuillermoz

P'tit Louis
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Urbain Cancelier

Le curé
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Solène Le Pechon

Mathilde 10 ans
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Sandrine Rigault

Mariette Notre Dame (as Sandrine Rigaud)
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Gilles Masson

L'officier assassiné
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Myriam Roustan

La prostituée du café
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Thierry Gibault

Lieutenant Estrangin
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Florence Thomassin

Narrator
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Virgil Leclaire

Manech 13 ans
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Maud Rayer

Madame Desrochelles
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Michel Chalmeau

Le curé de Milly
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Patrick Paroux

Le médecin militaire
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Christian Pereira

L'officier des archives
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Stéphane Butet

Philippot
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Bouli Lanners

Chardolot
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Philippe Duquesne

Favart
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Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Commandant Lavrouye (as Jean Claude Dreyfus)
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Tchéky Karyo

Capitaine Favourier (as Tcheky Karyo)
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Michel Robin

Le vieil homme sur le champ de bataille
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François Levantal

Thouvenel
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Marc Faure

Le directeur de la prison
Crew
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Director
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Sébastien Japrisot

Writer
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writer
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Disc Releases
Disc Title Front Cover

A Very Long Engagement

(DVD, Other)

7/12/2005

$10.44

Disc Title Front Cover

A Very Long Engagement

(DVD, Keep Case (Std.))

7/12/2005

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