A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement

133 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Oct. 26, 2004

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.

A Very Long Engagement

133 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Oct. 26, 2004

A Very Long Engagement
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Canal+, Warner Bros. Pictures, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, TF1 Films Production, Gerber Pictures, 2003 Productions, Région Ile-de-France, Warner Independent Pictures (WIP), Tapioca Films, Warner Bros. Entertainment France, Région Bretagne, Région Poitou-Charentes
Original title Un long dimanche de fiançailles
Directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writers Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Cast

Audrey Tautou

as Mathilde

Gaspard Ulliel

as Manech

Dominique Pinon

as Sylvain

Chantal Neuwirth

as Bénédicte

André Dussollier

as Pierre-Marie Rouvières

Ticky Holgado

as Germain Pire

Marion Cotillard

as Tina Lombardi

Dominique Bettenfeld

as Ange Bassignano

Jodie Foster

as Elodie Gordes

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

as Benjamin Gordes

Denis Lavant

as Six-Soux

Rufus

as Breton

Jérôme Kircher

as Bastoche

Albert Dupontel

as Célestin Poux

Elina Löwensohn

as Günther's Sister

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

as Commander Lavrouye

Clovis Cornillac

as Benoît Notre-Dame

Jean-Pierre Becker

as Esperanza

Jean-Paul Rouve

as The Factor

Julie Depardieu

as Véronique Passavant

Michel Vuillermoz

as P'tit Louis

Urbain Cancelier

as The Parish Priest

Maud Rayer

as Madame Desrochelles

Michel Robin

as Old Man on the Battlefield

Tchéky Karyo

as Captain Favour

Philippe Duquesne

as Favart

Bouli Lanners

as Chardolot

Stéphane Butet

as Philippot

Christian Pereira

as The Records Officer

François Levantal

as Thouvenel

Patrick Paroux

as Military Doctor

Solène Le Pechon

as Young Mathilde

Virgil Leclaire

as Young Manech

Florence Thomassin

as Narrator (voice)

Thierry Gibault

as Lieutenant Estrangin

Myriam Roustan

as The Coffee Prostitute

Gilles Masson

as The Murdered Officer

Sandrine Rigault

as Mariette Notre Dame

Michel Chalmeau

as Milly's Priest

Marc Faure

as Prison Warden

Rodolphe Pauly

as Jean Desrochelles

Xavier Maly

as Chardolot's Comrade

Till Bahlmann

as German Prisoner

Tony Gaultier

as Gravedigger

Louis-Marie Audubert

as Gravedigger

Jean-Gilles Barbier

as Sergeant

Marc Robert

as Soldier

Pierre Heitz

as Soldier

Philippe Maymat

as Soldier

Eric Debrosse

as Soldier

Mick Gondouin

as Soldier

Éric Fraticelli

as Menacing Corsican

Philippe Beautier

as The Train Prankster

Gérald Weingand

as Cheated Soldier

Luc Sonzogni

as Cheated Soldier

Xavier Berlioz

as The Order

Frankie Pain

as The Mackerel

Marcel Philippot

as Bourgeois Couple

Pascale Lievyn

as Bourgeois Couple

Jean-Claude Lecoq

as German Machine Gunner

Esther Sironneau

as Nurse

Stéphanie Gesnel

as Happy Girl

Frédérique Bel

as Happy Girl

Alexandre Caumartin

as Sretcher-bearer

Eric Defosse

as Sretcher-bearer

Gaspar Claus

as Pierced German

Jean-Philippe Bèche

as Georges Cornu

Anaïs Durand

as Hélène Pire