A Very Long Engagement

Description

By Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster. During the Battle of the Somme, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) refuses to believe that her fiancé Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) was killed in the Field of Honor. She is unaware that he is one of five soldiers sentenced to death for self-mutilation and led into the trenches, where they still hope for a presidential pardon. Trusting only her intuition, the young Breton woman conducts her own investigation. Jodie Foster plays a French woman of Polish origin in this blockbuster adapted from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. The use of voice-over, epistolary exchanges, and Angelo Badalamenti's score (the regular composer for David Lynch) give a romantic grandeur to this melodrama that meticulously reconstructs 1910s Paris and trench life through early digital effects. France, USA · 2004 · 134' · v. o. fr - format: 35mm@CAP 1 – Capitole, Salle Freddy Buache (CAP 1) - indicative price: 10.-

Highlights

• Film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet with Audrey Tautou and Gaspard Ulliel
• Adapted from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot
• Meticulous reconstruction of 1910s Paris

General Information

A Very Long Engagement is a film that follows Mathilde, a young woman determined to prove that her fiancé, Manech, is still alive during World War I. This melodrama explores themes of love and hope through a poignant investigation, while offering an immersion into the era through digital effects.

Location

Avenue du Théâtre 6, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

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