A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement (French: Un long dimanche de fiançailles, "A long Sunday of engagement") is a 2004 French-American 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.

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)
Release date
  • 27 October 2004 (2004-10-27)
Running time
133 minutes
CountriesFrance
United States
LanguageFrench
Budget
  • 45 million
  • (US$58 million)
Box office$69.4 million

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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