A Very Long Engagement
Synopsis
It's 1919 and Mathilde is 19 years old. Two years earlier, her fiance Manech left for the Somme where, like thousands of others, he "died on the field of honor." The official notification of his death clearly states this, black ink on white paper. And yet, Mathilde refuses to accept this evidence. If Manech was dead, she would know. She clings on to her intuition as though to a last stretched cord linking her to her lover. A former sergent may insist that Manech died in the no man's land of a trench called Bingo Crépuscule, accompanied by four other soldiers condemned to death for willful mutilation, the message doesn't get through. Mathilde refuses to let go, clings ever more tightly to her convictions and sets out on her own investigation. Despite false hopes and incertitudes, little be little she reveals the truth about what happened to Manech and his four camarades.
The path is full of stumbling blocks and traps, but Mathilde is not afraid. Anything can be overcome by those who choose to challenge fate...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (64)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : 2003 Productions
- Co-productions : Warner Bros. (France), TF1 Films Production, Tapioca Films
- French distribution : Warner Bros. (France)
- News agency (France) : B.C.G.
Full credits (20)
- Executive Producer : Francis Boespflug
- Screenwriters : Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant
- Director of Photography : Bruno Delbonnel
- Music Composer : Angelo Badalamenti
- Assistant directors : Thierry Mauvoisin, Pascal Roy, Arnaud Esterez, Arnaud Mathey Dreyfus, Matthieu De La Mortiere, Guilain Depardieu
- Editor : Hervé Schneid
- Sound recordists : Jean Umansky, Sophie Chiabaut
- Costume designer : Madeline Fontaine
- Author of original work : Sébastien Japrisot
- Assistant Operators : Éric Vallée, Steeven Petitteville
- Camera Operator : Arthur Cloquet
- Production Manager : Jean-Marc Deschamps
- Press Attaché (film) : Myriam Bruguière
- Sound editors : Gérard Hardy, Laurent Kossayan, Cédric Denooz
- Assistant editor : Céline Kélépikis
- Production Designer : Aline Bonetto
- Casting : Marc Robert, Pierre-Jacques Bénichou
- Sound Mixer : Vincent Arnardi
- Narrator : Florence Thomassin
- Still Photographer : Bruno Calvo
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Historical
- Themes : War
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2004
- French release : 27/10/2004
- Runtime : 2 h 14 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 109.062
- Visa issue date : 29/10/2004
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby Digital
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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