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A Very Long Engagement
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790795591
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790795590
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D38972D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 12, 2005
Running Time: 133 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Editorial Review:
Both epic and intimate, A Very Long Engagement reunites Audrey Tautou and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the star and director of the hugely popular Amelie. A young woman named Mathilde (Tautou, Happenstance)separated from her lover by World War I refuses to believe he's been killed and launches an investigation into his fate--an investigation that spins in all directions, creating dozens of miniature stories (including that of an Italian prostitute avenging the death of her own lover by elaborate means) that shift to and fro in time. The dazzling curlicues of narrative put brutality and tenderness back to back, shifting between crushing inevitabilities and miraculous rescues with deft storytelling skill and the lush visual style of the director of Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children. Through it all, Tautou--fierce and luminous--anchors the movie effortlessly. She's among the most emotionally engaging actresses in cinema, with the kind of expressive beauty that transcends language. A gorgeous, far-reaching film; the huge cast also includes Jodie Foster (The Silence of the Lambs), Gaspard Ulliel (Strayed), and Dominique Pinon (Alien: Resurrection). --Bret Fetzer
The film is set in France near the end of World War I in the deadly trenches of the Somme, in the gilded Parisien halls of power, and in the modest home of an indomitable provincial girl. It tells the story of this young woman's relentless, moving and sometimes comic search for her fiancC)e, who has disappeared. He is one of five French soldiers believed to have been court-martialed under mysterious circumstances and pushed out of an allied trench into an almost-certain death in no-man's land. What follows is an investigation into the arbitrary nature of secrecy, the absurdity of war, and the enduring passion, intuition and tenacity of the human heart.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes:With Director audio commentary
Documentaries:Paris in the 20'sThe Zepplin Explosion
Featurette:The Making of A Very Long Engagement
Theatrical Trailer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Heartfelt, tender, gorgeous movie
What a beautiful movie! I decided to own this it certainly bears repeated viewing! It is gorgeous cinematically and has that quirky "Amelie" style. The back-drop of the First World War is vividly evoked and Audrey Tautou is particularly enchanting. A MUST SEE!
Rating: - Excellent
With the possible exception of America's Claire Danes, the French actress Audrey Tautou is probably the most interesting actress alive to simply watch onscreen. It's not that Danes and Tautou are not beautiful, they are. But they are not gorgeous screen sirens; they have an accessibility to them that makes ordinary men feel that they could some day have a girl like that fall in love with them. This is because they radiate, they simple glow with presence. Tautou, who first came to American filmgoers' ... Read More
Rating:  - I liked it, but not THAT much...
I'm usually a sap for good love stories, but this one didn't have what I am normally into. Perhaps it was the somewhat foreign nature of the film that did not appeal to me or perhaps the story line felt a little choppy at times but I could not connect to the story the way I wanted to. I tried, but the movie was just shy of 4 stars.
Rating: - absolutely first rate depiction of war and young love
This film has entered the pantheon of films that I can see over and over and yet understand more on each viewing - it is so subtle and intricate, as the mystery unravels, that there are always additional details to find and savor. That makes this one of the best films I have ever seen on many levels.
First, you have the mystery and horror of the Great War. I live in France, and every town has a monument full of names on it for those who died in it. This film will make you feel what it ... Read More
Rating: - One of the best pictures ever made but has been overlooked.
The how-it-was-filmed section is a wonderful lesson film making. The slop of the trenches, desperation and violence makes this feel real. We should all know a woman like this woman of substance. Watch for Jodie Foster as the wife who has to make a baby to get her husband home. She happened to be in France at the time.
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