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Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 17 wins & 35 nominations total
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
- Benjamin Gordes
- (as Jean Pierre Darroussin)
Jean-Pierre Becker
- Esperanza
- (as Jean Pierre Becker)
Jean-Paul Rouve
- Le facteur
- (as Jean Paul Rouve)
Elina Löwensohn
- La femme allemande
- (as Elina Lowensohn)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen casting Jodie Foster, Jean-Pierre Jeunet met her in Paris at the café which was used to shoot the scenes in Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) which is near where he lives. Some tourists were at the café, knowing it was featured in the film, asked Jeunet and Foster to move out of the way (not recognizing them) so that they could take a photograph of the café.
- GoofsIn the film there is an important storyline about an albatross. However, throughout the film in all footage depicting the albatross a gannet is shown. Though a gannet is also a large seabird, it looks nothing like an albatross.
- Quotes
Ange Bassignano: [writes] "Revenge is pointless. Try to be happy and don't ruin your life for me."
- ConnectionsEdited from Những Cánh Chim Di Cư (2001)
- SoundtracksÇa ne Vaut pas l'Amour
Music by François Perpignan
Lyrics by Alexandre Trébitsch
Performed by Esther Lekain
Featured review
A gorgeous film about love, search, hope and fight. Colors from "Amelie", touching Gaspard Ulliel, delicate performing of Audrey Tautou, impressive presence of Jodie Foster. And flavor of a lost world, so persistent, so heavy, so ambiguous.
A splendid French adaptation of a novel but, more important, a subtle exploration of miracle's rules. At first sight, it is a story about believe. At the second- hope in the skin of nostalgic images. But in fact, it is end of innocence. Manech is not the boy-friend, the good guy from an old lighthouse, he is the sense of Mathilde's existence. The poor signs to know if he is alive, the contact with lives of others, the postman like angel of new part in interior universe, the joy and the final silence are elements of a intangible miracle.
That is the motif to discover this film like second part of "Amelie Poulain". Same director or same actress are irrelevant details for explain the feeling because the message is more important than any definition. The principal character are not the war/ search/love/ sacrifice/hope. The fundamental problem is the sense of life, yesterday or tomorrow, the gestures of world's discover, the taste of miracle and the touch of his shadow.
A splendid French adaptation of a novel but, more important, a subtle exploration of miracle's rules. At first sight, it is a story about believe. At the second- hope in the skin of nostalgic images. But in fact, it is end of innocence. Manech is not the boy-friend, the good guy from an old lighthouse, he is the sense of Mathilde's existence. The poor signs to know if he is alive, the contact with lives of others, the postman like angel of new part in interior universe, the joy and the final silence are elements of a intangible miracle.
That is the motif to discover this film like second part of "Amelie Poulain". Same director or same actress are irrelevant details for explain the feeling because the message is more important than any definition. The principal character are not the war/ search/love/ sacrifice/hope. The fundamental problem is the sense of life, yesterday or tomorrow, the gestures of world's discover, the taste of miracle and the touch of his shadow.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- A Very Long Engagement
- Filming locations
- Héaux de Bréhat, Côtes-d'Armor, France(lighthouse exteriors)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $56,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,524,389
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $101,749
- Nov 28, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $69,424,389
- Runtime2 hours 13 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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