A Very Long Engagement

Esther Sironneau as Nurse Tchéky Karyo as Captain Favour Virgil Leclaire as Young Manech Rodolphe Pauly as Jean Desrochelles Rufus as Breton Florence Thomassin as Narrator (voice) Frédérique Bel as Happy Girl Gérald Weingand as Cheated Soldier Audrey Tautou as Mathilde Albert Dupontel as Célestin Poux Michel Chalmeau as Milly's Priest Marcel Philippot as Bourgeois Couple Alexandre Caumartin as Sretcher-bearer Gaspar Claus as Pierced German Jérôme Kircher as Bastoche Clovis Cornillac as Benoît Notre-Dame Julie Depardieu as Véronique Passavant Christian Pereira as The Records Officer Louis-Marie Audubert as Gravedigger Stéphanie Gesnel as Happy Girl Anaïs Durand as Hélène Pire André Dussollier as Pierre-Marie Rouvières Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Benjamin Gordes Maud Rayer as Madame Desrochelles Till Bahlmann as German Prisoner Jean-Philippe Bèche as Georges Cornu Solène Le Pechon as Young Mathilde Pierre Heitz as Soldier Dominique Pinon as Sylvain Jean-Paul Rouve as The Factor Jean-Gilles Barbier as Sergeant Chantal Neuwirth as Bénédicte Denis Lavant as Six-Soux Bouli Lanners as Chardolot Thierry Gibault as Lieutenant Estrangin Myriam Roustan as The Coffee Prostitute Gilles Masson as The Murdered Officer Marc Faure as Prison Warden Tony Gaultier as Gravedigger Michel Vuillermoz as P'tit Louis Mick Gondouin as Soldier Philippe Beautier as The Train Prankster Frankie Pain as The Mackerel Gaspard Ulliel as Manech Ticky Holgado as Germain Pire Jean-Pierre Becker as Esperanza Philippe Maymat as Soldier Éric Fraticelli as Menacing Corsican Dominique Bettenfeld as Ange Bassignano Marion Cotillard as Tina Lombardi Urbain Cancelier as The Parish Priest Stéphane Butet as Philippot Eric Debrosse as Soldier Pascale Lievyn as Bourgeois Couple Jodie Foster as Elodie Gordes Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Commander Lavrouye Philippe Duquesne as Favart Xavier Maly as Chardolot's Comrade Marc Robert as Soldier Eric Defosse as Sretcher-bearer Elina Löwensohn as Günther's Sister Michel Robin as Old Man on the Battlefield François Levantal as Thouvenel Patrick Paroux as Military Doctor

Olivier Fornara Stunts Bill Gerber Executive Producer Jean-Christophe Roger Makeup Artist Madeline Fontaine Costume Design Rémi Canaple Stunts John Medalin Stunts Véronique Melery Set Decoration Francis Boespflug Associate Producer Patrick Cauderlier Stunt Coordinator Jean-Pierre Jeunet Screenplay, Director, Producer Aline Bonetto Production Design Hervé Schneid Editor Angelo Badalamenti Original Music Composer David Grolleau Stunts Vladimir Houbart Stunts Jacques Perrin Thanks Vincent Haquin Stunts Pascaline Girardot Stunts Sébastien Japrisot Novel Laurent Kossayan Sound Effects Editor Bruno Delbonnel Director of Photography Yvan Quehec Electrician Sebastien Soudais Stunts Guillaume Laurant Screenplay Jean-Louis Monthieux Executive Producer Alexandre Cauderlier Stunts