A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Screenplay by	Jean-Pierre Jeunet Guillaume Laurant
Based on	Un long dimanche de fiançailles by Sébastien Japrisot
Produced by	Jean-Pierre Jeunet Francis Boespflug Bill Gerber Jean-Louis Monthieux Fabienne Tsaï
Starring	Audrey Tautou Gaspard Ulliel Marion Cotillard Dominique Pinon Chantal Neuwirth André Dussolier Ticky Holgado Jodie Foster
Narrated by	Florence Thomassin
Cinematography	Bruno Delbonnel
Edited by	Hervé Schneid
Music by	Angelo Badalamenti
Production companies	2003 Productions Warner Bros. France Tapioca Films TF1 Films Production
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures (Selected territories) Warner Independent Pictures (United States)[1]
Release date	27 October 2004 (2004-10-27)
Running time	133 minutes
Countries	France United States[2][3]
Language	French
Budget	€45 million[4] (US$58 million)[5]
Box office	$69.4 million[6]

A Very Long Engagement (French: Un long dimanche de fiançailles, lit. 'A Long Sunday of Engagement') is a 2004 romantic war drama film, co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel and Marion Cotillard. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed during World War I. It was based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Sébastien Japrisot.

The film was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography at the 77th Academy Awards. Marion Cotillard won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and Gaspard Ulliel won the César Award for Most Promising Actor.