A Very Long Engagement
Never let go.
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Country
Production
Budget
$56 600 000
Box office
$69 424 389
Director
Actors
Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, André Dussollier, Ticky Holgado, Marion Cotillard, Dominique Bettenfeld, Jodie Foster, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jean-Louis Monthieux, Bill Gerber
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Pierre-Jacques Bénichou
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Initially, for the role that eventually went to Tikky Olghado (1944-2004), the director planned to cast Dominique Pinon, and for the role played by Pinon — Olghado. However, Olghado was diagnosed with cancer, and the studio categorically refused to insure him, so Jean-Pierre Jeunet simply swapped the actors and their roles, a decision he never once regretted. Olghado's condition deteriorated rapidly, and he began to forget his lines; Jeunet edited a rough cut of the film for him, but Olghado passed away without ever seeing it.
- Jeunet met Foster while working on the dubbing of David Fincher's thriller "Panic Room" (2002).
- Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet met with Jodie Foster at a cafe near his home where he filmed the comedy "Amélie" (2001). Some tourists were nearby who did not recognize either Foster or Jeunet and asked them to move aside so as not to obstruct the cafe they were planning to photograph.
- The object Manek is crafting at the end of the film is an illustration for a handwritten book, a miniature in the medieval style. This did not appear in the novel on which "A Very Long Engagement" is based: Jean himself came up with it, inspired by a scene from Wim Wenders' "The American Friend".
- "A Very Long Engagement" is the second collaboration between Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou after the famous "Amélie".
- Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet met Jodie Foster at a cafe located near his home, where he had filmed the comedy 'Amélie' (2001). Some tourists were nearby, whom neither Foster nor Jeunet recognized; they asked them to step aside so as not to block the view of the cafe, which they were intending to photograph.
- “A Long Engagement” is the second collaboration between Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou following the famous “Amélie”.
- Jeunet met Foster while working on the dubbing of David Fincher's thriller 'One Hour Photo' (2002).
- The film is based on Sébastien Japrisot's novel "A Very Long Engagement" (Un long dimanche de fiançailles, 1991). Jean-Pierre Jeunet had been waiting for the opportunity to adapt his favorite novel for over ten years.
- The execution scene of Tina Lombardi corresponds to documentary footage of the last public execution to take place in France in 1939.
- Initially, Jean-Pierre Jeunet planned to cast Dominique Pinon in the role that went to Ticky Holgado (1944-2004), and Holgado in the role played by Pinon. However, Holgado was diagnosed with cancer, and the studio categorically refused to insure him, so Jean-Pierre Jeunet simply switched the actors and roles, and never regretted it. Holgado’s condition deteriorated rapidly, he began to forget his lines, and Jeunet edited a rough cut of the film for him, but Holgado died before he could see it.
- The object that Manec crafts at the end of the film is an illustration for a handwritten book, a miniature in the medieval style. This was not in the novel upon which 'A Very Long Engagement' was based; Jeunet came up with it himself, inspired by a scene from Wim Wenders' 'The American Friend'.
- Throughout the film, Manech repeatedly taps out (on the bell, on the rock, and then on a tree in no man's land) the letters “MMM”. These letters stand for “Manech aime Mathilde,” “Manech loves Mathilde”—in French, the word “aime” is pronounced the same as the letter “M”. In the Russian translation, Manech says “Manech is Mathilde’s husband,” “Mathilde is Manech’s dream,” so that the sounds correspond to the Russian spelling of the letters.
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