Description |
2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation. |
Cast |
Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, André Dussollier, Ticky Holgado, Marion Cotillard, Dominique Bettenfeld, Jodie Foster, Jean Pierre Darroussin, Clovis Cornillac, Jean Pierre Becker, Denis Lavant, Jerôme Kircher, Albert Dupontel, Jean Paul Rouve, Elina Lowensohn, Julie Depardieu, Michel Vuillermoz, Urbain Cancelier, Maud Rayer, Michel Robin, Tcheky Karyo, Jean Claude Dreyfus, Phillippe Duquesne, Bouli Lanners, Stéphane Butet, Christian Pereira, François Levantal, Patrick Paroux, Solène Le Pechon, Virgil Leclaire, et la voix de Florence Thomassin. |
Credits |
Directeur de la photographie, Bruno Delbonnel ; musique, Angelo Badalamenti ; montage [editor], Hervé Schneid ; costumes, Madeline Fontaine ; décor, Aline Bonetto. |
Note |
D'après le roman de [After the novel by] Sébastien Japrisot. |
Event |
Originally produced as a French motion picture in 2004. |
Summary |
In 1920, country girl Mathilde is living in Brittany with her aunt and uncle when she learns that her fiancé Manech was one of five French soldiers condemned to a barbarous death by their own side. Court-martialed for intentionally wounding themselves, their punishment is to be thrown into no man's land, unarmed and with their hands tied behind their backs. But Manech may have survived. Hiring a dogged old bird of a private detective and a lawyer to aid her, Mathilde is off on an adventure. She pursues her sleuthing through a flurry of letters, documents, and private interviews--hunting down the soldiers who were in the trenches with Manech--along with their lovers and relatives. She also discovers that she has a sort of doppelgänger: a Corsican prostitute pursuing a parallel investigation for another of the five, and murdering anyone who did her own beloved mate wrong. Mathilde will have to hurry to follow the clues piecing the story together before they are lost forever. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violence and sexuality. |
Contents |
Special features: Commentary by director Jean-Pierre JeunetSupplementary material: Une année au front: Les coulisses de "Un Long dimanche de Fiancailles" de Jean-Pierre Jeunet = A year at the front: behind the scenes of "A Very Long Engagement" (74 min.); Parisian scenes (14 min.); "Avant que tout explose" = "Before the explosion" (13 min.); Deleted scenes with optional commentary by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (11 min.). |
Awards |
Winner, 2005 Cesar Awards for Meilleure photographie [Best Cinematography]: Bruno Delbonnel; Meilleurs costumes [Best Costume Design]: Madeline Fontaine; Meilleurs décors [Best Production Design]: Aline Bonetto; Meilleur second rôle féminin [Best Supporting Actress]: Marion Cotillard; Meilleur jeune espoir masculin [Most Promising Actor]: Gaspard Ulliel. |
Language |
French dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Love stories -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Drama.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Missing in action -- Family relationships -- Drama.
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Military discipline -- France -- Drama.
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France -- History -- 1914-1940 -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
War films.
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Fantasy films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Film adaptations.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre, 1953- Screenwriter. Director. Producer.
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Boespflug, Francis. Producer.
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Laurant, Guillaume. Screenwriter.
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Tautou, Audrey, 1976- Actor.
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Ulliel, Gaspard, 1984- Actor.
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Pinon, Dominique. Actor.
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Neuwirth, Chantal. Actor.
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Dussollier, André. Actor.
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Holgado, Ticky. Actor.
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Cotillard, Marion, 1975- Actor.
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Bettenfeld, Dominique. Actor.
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Foster, Jodie. Actor.
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Darroussin, Jean-Pierre. Actor.
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Cornillac, Clovis. Actor.
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Becker, Jean-Pierre. Actor.
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Lavant, Denis, 1961- Actor.
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Kircher, Jérôme. Actor.
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Dupontel, Albert. Actor.
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Rouve, Jean-Paul, 1967- Actor.
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Löwensohn, Elina. Actor.
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Depardieu, Julie, 1973- Actor.
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Vuillermoz, Michel. Actor.
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Cancelier, Urbain. Actor.
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Rayer, Maud. Actor.
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Robin, Michel. Actor.
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Karyo, Tchéky, 1953- Actor.
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Dreyfus, Jean-Claude. Actor.
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Duquesne, Philippe. Actor.
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Lanners, Bouli, 1965- Actor.
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Butet, Stéphane. Actor.
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Pereira, Christian. Actor.
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Levantal, François. Actor.
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Paroux, Patrick. Actor.
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Pechon, Solène Le. Actor.
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Leclaire, Virgil. Actor.
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Thomassin, Florence. Narrator.
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Japrisot, Sébastien, 1931-2003.
Long dimanche de fiançailles.
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Warner Independent Pictures.
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2003 Productions (Firm)
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
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Tapioca Films (Firm)
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TF1 Films Production.
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Studio Canal.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Very long engagement |
ISBN |
0790795590 |
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9780790795591 |
Standard No. |
085393897222 |
Music No. |
38972 Warner Home Video |
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38972A--38972B Warner Home Video |
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