A Very Long Engagement
Never let go.
DramaRomanceWarprostituteamnesiaparis, franceworld war iloss of loved onebodily disabled personwheelchairlighthouselighthouse keeper verdunairshipdisappearance
A sweeping, melancholic romance about a woman's determined search for her lost fiancé across post-WWI France, balancing grief with stubborn hope.
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
Essence
Ensemble
Audrey Tautou
Mathilde
Gaspard Ulliel
Manech
Dominique Pinon
Sylvain
Chantal Neuwirth
Bénédicte
André Dussollier
Pierre-Marie Rouvières
Ticky Holgado
Germain Pire
Marion Cotillard
Tina Lombardi
Dominique Bettenfeld
Ange Bassignano
Jodie Foster
Elodie Gordes
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Benjamin Gordes
Denis Lavant
Six-Soux
Rufus
Breton
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