A Very Long Engagement (2-DVD) R
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 13 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 24, 2005
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Audrey Tautou & Gaspard Ulliel | |
Performer: | Clovis Cornillac, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Albert Dupontel, André Dussollier, Jodie Foster, Ticky Holgado, Tchéky Karyo, Denis Lavant, Dominique Pinon & Michel Vuillermoz | |
Directed by | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
Screenwriting by | Guillaume Laurant & Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
Composition by | Angelo Badalamenti | |
Produced by | Bill Gerber | |
Director of Photography: | Bruno Delbonnel |
Entertainment Reviews:
Jeunet's theme is the absurdity of war and the tremendous cost of each life lost, and he makes us feel for each of these men and for the women at home fighting their own wars.
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Pajiba
Rating: 5/5 --
Tautou, as always, makes this an enchanting trip.
Orlando Sentinel
Rating: 2/5 --
...light entertainment, but offers only a shallow insight into war.
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eFilmCritic.com
Rating: 4/5 --
With detail crammed into literally every frame, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more imaginative film this year.
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The List
[T]his is as much visual feast as quest plot: Jeunet energises every shot...
Uncut
Rating: 7/10 --
a successful genre combination of a war film, period romance, detective story and black comedy
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Draxblog Movie Reviews
Rating: 6/10 --
A Very Long Engagement is every bit the fantasy, the fairy tale, that Amelie was, yet we are expected to take it seriously. I couldn't.
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Movie Metropolis
Product Description:
This World War I mystery finds limitless beauty in the nostalgia of loss. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, whose whimsical AMELIE riveted audiences, A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT also stars Audrey Tautou--the 21st century's Audrey Hepburn--in the stubbornly emotional role of a widow in denial. Here she is Mathilde, a waifish young woman with a pronounced limp from childhood polio. Living with her quirky aunt and uncle in a farmhouse by the sea, and waiting desperately for her fiance Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) to return from the war, she believes that if he were truly lost she would feel it in her heart. Thus, when the bad news arrives--Manech and five fellow soldiers were exiled to No Man's Land for shooting off their own fingers in hope of being discharged--Mathilde refuses to believe he is dead. Instead, she begins her own investigation into Manech's infantry, hiring a private detective and tracking down the wives and girlfriends of each of Manech's compatriots. Conducting countless interviews, Mathilde pieces together Manech's war stories--which are told in earthshaking flashbacks involving gruesome explosions, flying guts, and massive suffering. And yet, the all-in-this-together humanity of these awful scenes, and the heartfelt bravery with which Mathilde absorbs the details of each battle, is undeniably moving. Jodie Foster appears as Elodie, one of the widows, in a charismatic yet muted performance and with a flawless accent. However, the most intriguing of the widows is Tina Lombardi (Marion Cotillard), a thrilling dominatrix-assassin bent on avenging her lover. A timeless masterwork that raises the bar for breathtaking camerawork, vivid landscapes, and fantastical storytelling, A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is adapted from the novel by Sebastien Japriscot.
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