A Very Long Engagement | |
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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 | |
Narrated by | Florence Thomassin |
Cinematography | Bruno Delbonnel |
Edited by | Hervé Schneid |
Music by | Angelo Badalamenti |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (Selected territories) Warner Independent Pictures (United States)[1] |
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Running time | 134 minutes[1] |
Countries | France United States[2][3] |
Language | French[1] |
Budget | |
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 is a co-production between France and the United States. It was released theatrically in France on 27 October 2004 and in the United States on 26 November 2004.
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.
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