A Very Long Engagement
(2004)
★ 7.3 IMDb · 1,368 votes
Year: 2004
Runtime: 128 мин
Country: France, United States of America
Director: Жан-Пьер Жёне
Cast: Одри Тоту, Гаспар Ульель, Доминик Пинон, Chantal Neuwirth, Андре Дюссолье, Тикки Ольгадо, Марион Котийяр, Доминик Беттенфельд, Джоди Фостер, Жан-Пьер Дарруссен
Plot
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.
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans finish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancée to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul.