DVD 134 mins IMDB
R (Restricted)
Un Long Dimanche De Fiançailles
Warner Bros. (2004)
In Collection
#101

Seen It:
Yes
Drama, War, Romance, Mystery
France  /  French

Audrey Tautou Mathilde
Gaspard Ulliel Manech
Jean-Pierre Becker Lieutenant Esperanza
Dominique Bettenfeld Ange Bassignano
Clovis Cornillac Benoît Notre-Dame
Marion Cotillard Tina Lombardi
Jean-Pierre Darroussin Benjamin Gordes
Julie Depardieu Véronique Passavant
Jean-Claude Dreyfus Commandant Lavrouye
André Dussollier Rouvières
Dominique Pinon
Chantal Neuwirth
Ticky Holgado
Andre Dussollier
Denis Lavant

Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Producer Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Francis Boespflug
Writer Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Guillaume Laurant
Cinematography Bruno Delbonnel
Musician Giuseppe Verdi; Angelo Badalamenti; Camille Saint-Saëns

In 1919, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) has 19. Two years earlier, his husband to be Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) was gone at the front on la Somme battlefield. Like millions others, He died with honour. It is writing black on white in the official journal. But, Mathilde refused to admit the evidence. She investigated to find him as her last link to her lover. Even when an ex-sergeant toll her that Manech died in the no man's land near the trench Bingo Crepuscule with 4 other death sentence soldier for voluntary mutilation, she still believed he is alive. She pushes further to find what really happen over there.

Edition Details
Distributor Warner Home Video
Barcode 085393897222
Region Region 1
Release Date 7/12/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [French]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
Nr of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 1: 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