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Very Long Engagement, A (2004)

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Release Date: November 26, 2004 (LA/NY)
On DVD: July 12, 2005
Genre: Foreign, Drama, War
Running Time: 134 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence and sexuality.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Jodie Foster

From the director and star of "Amelie" (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou) comes a very different love story, "A Very Long Engagement," based on the acclaimed novel by Sebastien Japrisot. The film is set in France near the end of World War I in the deadly trenches of the Somme, in the gilded Parisian halls of power, and in the modest home of an indomitable provincial girl. It tells the story of this young woman's Read more

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Grade: B+ From Audrey Tatou and the director of "Amelie" comes "A Very Long Engagement," a unique romance-mystery-drama based around World War I. Considered too American by France, the film, which is spoken in French, filmed in France and is about French people, is, by most respects, a French film. And, considering the quality of the movie, I don't know why they would disown it. Read the full movie review

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dfsdfdf, by werwer

July 24, 2005

get your hands off my woman m o t h e r f u c k e r

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