Un long dimanche de fiançailles = A very long engagement

Jeunet, Jean-Pierre, 1953- (Screenwriter, Director, Producer). Boespflug, Francis. (Producer). Laurant, Guillaume. (Screenwriter). Badalamenti, Angelo. (Composer). Tautou, Audrey, 1976- (Actor). Ulliel, Gaspard, 1984-2022 (Actor). Pinon, Dominique, 1955- (Actor). Neuwirth, Chantal. (Actor). Dussollier, André. (Actor). Holgado, Ticky. (Actor). Cotillard, Marion, 1975- (Actor). Bettenfeld, Dominique. (Actor). Foster, Jodie. (Actor). Darroussin, Jean-Pierre. (Actor). Cornillac, Clovis. (Actor). Becker, Jean-Pierre. (Actor). Lavant, Denis, 1961- (Actor). Kircher, Jérôme. (Actor). Dupontel, Albert. (Actor). Rouve, Jean-Paul, 1967- (Actor). Löwensohn, Elina. (Actor). Depardieu, Julie, 1973- (Actor). Vuillermoz, Michel. (Actor). Cancelier, Urbain. (Actor). Rayer, Maud. (Actor). Robin, Michel, 1930- (Actor). Karyo, Tchéky, 1953- (Actor). Dreyfus, Jean-Claude. (Actor). Duquesne, Philippe. (Actor). Lanners, Bouli. (Actor). Butet, Stéphane. (Actor). Pereira, Christian. (Actor). Levantal, François. (Actor). Paroux, Patrick. (Actor). Pechon, Solène Le. (Actor). Leclaire, Virgil. (Actor). Thomassin, Florence. (Narrator). Japrisot, Sébastien, 1931-2003 Long dimanche de fiançailles. (Added Author). Warner Independent Pictures. (Added Author). 2003 Productions (Firm) (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) (Added Author). Tapioca Films (Firm) (Added Author). TF1 Films Production. (Added Author). Studio Canal. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). 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. (Cast).

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.

Item details

ISBN: 0790795590
ISBN: 9780790795591
Physical Description: videodisc
2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Paris] : 2003 Productions ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, ©2005.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	D'après le roman de [After the novel by] Sébastien Japrisot.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. Opening credits -- Five men on death row -- Six-Sous -- Benoît Notre-Dame -- Ange Bassignano -- Cornflower -- Bingo crépuscule -- Mess hall marauder -- No-man's land -- Let's hear it then -- If Chickpea comes in -- White widow -- In this whole story -- Germain Pire, the peerless pry -- Chick has flown the coop -- Good glass of wine -- Secret defense -- Reward for information -- Albatross is stubborn -- Letter from -- Flood of letters -- I want to understand! -- Borrowed woman -- Can one see far from -- Departure for the war -- Military cemetery of -- Let's meet under -- Roaming Poux -- For France-Charge! -- Soldier with German boots -- On the trail of sorrow -- God spared French soldier -- Try to be happy and don't -- He who pries flies -- End of the world farm -- Hospital of Combles -- Stay where you are, Mathilde -- Milly expedition -- Final credits (2004) (min.); Special features: Commentary by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet [in French with English subtitles]; Trailers (3 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Directeur de la photographie, Bruno Delbonnel ; musique, Angelo Badalamenti ; montage [editor], Hervé Schneid ; costumes, Madeline Fontaine ; décor, Aline Bonetto.
Participant or Performer Note:	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.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced as a French motion picture in 2004.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Rated R for violence and sexuality.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC; Region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen presentation preserving the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
Language Note:	In French with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English.
Awards Note:	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.