A Very Long Engagement
Never let go.
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.
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Cast
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Benjamin Gordes
Bouli Lanners
Chardolot
François Levantal
Thouvenel
Thierry Gibault
Lieutenant Estrangin
Esther Sironneau
Nurse
Gaspar Claus
Pierced German
Philippe Duquesne
Favart
Dominique Pinon
Sylvain
Elina Löwensohn
Günther's Sister
Jean-Pierre Becker
Esperanza
Tchéky Karyo
Captain Favour
Xavier Maly
Chardolot's Comrade
Éric Fraticelli
Menacing Corsican
André Dussollier
Pierre-Marie Rouvières
Jodie Foster
Elodie Gordes
Rufus
Breton
Eric Debrosse
Soldier
Anaïs Durand
Hélène Pire
Dominique Bettenfeld
Ange Bassignano
Michel Robin
Old Man on the Battlefield
Solène Le Pechon
Young Mathilde
Philippe Beautier
The Train Prankster
Marcel Philippot
Bourgeois Couple
Gaspard Ulliel
Manech
Eric Defosse
Sretcher-bearer
Chantal Neuwirth
Bénédicte
Maud Rayer
Madame Desrochelles
Florence Thomassin
Narrator (voice)
Pierre Heitz
Soldier
Frankie Pain
The Mackerel
Alexandre Caumartin
Sretcher-bearer
Christian Pereira
The Records Officer
Till Bahlmann
German Prisoner
Marc Robert
Soldier
Stéphanie Gesnel
Happy Girl
Stéphane Butet
Philippot
Jérôme Kircher
Bastoche
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Commander Lavrouye
Julie Depardieu
Véronique Passavant
Michel Vuillermoz
P'tit Louis
Urbain Cancelier
The Parish Priest
Virgil Leclaire
Young Manech
Jean-Paul Rouve
The Factor
Gilles Masson
The Murdered Officer
Rodolphe Pauly
Jean Desrochelles
Jean-Gilles Barbier
Sergeant
Philippe Maymat
Soldier
Ticky Holgado
Germain Pire
Clovis Cornillac
Benoît Notre-Dame
Tony Gaultier
Gravedigger
Gérald Weingand
Cheated Soldier
Marion Cotillard
Tina Lombardi
Albert Dupontel
Célestin Poux
Pascale Lievyn
Bourgeois Couple
Jean-Philippe Bèche
Georges Cornu
Myriam Roustan
The Coffee Prostitute
Michel Chalmeau
Milly's Priest
Frédérique Bel
Happy Girl
Audrey Tautou
Mathilde
Denis Lavant
Six-Soux
Marc Faure
Prison Warden
Patrick Paroux
Military Doctor
Louis-Marie Audubert
Gravedigger