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A Very Long Engagement

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.

2004 |2h 13m |  Drama, Romance, War

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Audrey Tautou

Mathilde

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Gaspard Ulliel

Manech

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Dominique Pinon

Sylvain

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Chantal Neuwirth

Bénédicte

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André Dussollier

Pierre-Marie Rouvières

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Ticky Holgado

Germain Pire

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Marion Cotillard

Tina Lombardi

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Dominique Bettenfeld

Ange Bassignano

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Jodie Foster

Elodie Gordes

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Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Benjamin Gordes

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Denis Lavant

Six-Soux

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Rufus

Breton

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Jérôme Kircher

Bastoche

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Albert Dupontel

Célestin Poux

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Elina Löwensohn

Günther's Sister

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Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Commander Lavrouye

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Clovis Cornillac

Benoît Notre-Dame

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Jean-Pierre Becker

Esperanza

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Jean-Paul Rouve

The Factor

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Julie Depardieu

Véronique Passavant

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Michel Vuillermoz

P'tit Louis

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Urbain Cancelier

The Parish Priest

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Maud Rayer

Madame Desrochelles

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Michel Robin

Old Man on the Battlefield

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Tchéky Karyo

Captain Favour

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Philippe Duquesne

Favart

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Bouli Lanners

Chardolot

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Stéphane Butet

Philippot

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Christian Pereira

The Records Officer

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François Levantal

Thouvenel

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Patrick Paroux

Military Doctor

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Solène Le Pechon

Young Mathilde

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Virgil Leclaire

Young Manech

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Florence Thomassin

Narrator (voice)

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Thierry Gibault

Lieutenant Estrangin

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Myriam Roustan

The Coffee Prostitute

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Gilles Masson

The Murdered Officer

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Michel Chalmeau

Milly's Priest

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Marc Faure

Prison Warden

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Rodolphe Pauly

Jean Desrochelles

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Xavier Maly

Chardolot's Comrade

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Till Bahlmann

German Prisoner

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Tony Gaultier

Gravedigger

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Louis-Marie Audubert

Gravedigger

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Jean-Gilles Barbier

Sergeant

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Marc Robert

Soldier

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Pierre Heitz

Soldier

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Philippe Maymat

Soldier

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Eric Debrosse

Soldier

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Mick Gondouin

Soldier

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Éric Fraticelli

Menacing Corsican

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Philippe Beautier

The Train Prankster

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Gérald Weingand

Cheated Soldier

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Frankie Pain

The Mackerel

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Marcel Philippot

Bourgeois Couple

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Pascale Lievyn

Bourgeois Couple

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Esther Sironneau

Nurse

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Stéphanie Gesnel

Happy Girl

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Frédérique Bel

Happy Girl

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Alexandre Caumartin

Sretcher-bearer

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Eric Defosse

Sretcher-bearer

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Jean-Philippe Bèche

Georges Cornu

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Anaïs Durand

Hélène Pire

More Details

Status

Released

Language

French

Budget

$47,000,000.00

Revenue

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