A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJean-Pierre Jeunet
Screenplay byJean-Pierre Jeunet
Guillaume Laurant
Based onUn long dimanche de fiançailles
by Sébastien Japrisot
Produced byJean-Pierre Jeunet
Francis Boespflug
Bill Gerber
Jean-Louis Monthieux
Fabienne Tsaï
Starring
Narrated byFlorence Thomassin
CinematographyBruno Delbonnel
Edited byHervé Schneid
Music byAngelo Badalamenti
Production
companies
2003 Productions
Warner Bros. France
Tapioca Films
TF1 Films Production
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures (Selected territories)
Warner Independent Pictures (United States)[1]
Release dates
  • 27 October 2004 (2004-10-27) (France)
  • 26 November 2004 (2004-11-26) (United States)[1]
Running time
134 minutes[1]
CountriesFrance
United States[2][3]
LanguageFrench[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.

  1. ^ a b c d "A Very Long Engagement (2004)". UniFrance. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ "French kiss-off: 'Engagement' denied funding". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 August 2007.
  3. ^ "EFilm ruled 'not French enough'". BBC News. 27 November 2004.
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