Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement)
2004
***½
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's follow-up to Amélie is strikingly similar in style (the main story thread is sprinkled with charming little vignettes and inventive visual flourishes), but this time the story is quite a bit darker. Audrey Tautou plays a young woman who is desperate to find out what happened to her fiance who, she is told, died in the Great War. Although the film doesn't have a dull moment, it's a bit long and overfilled with details, and requires multiple viewings. Adapted from Sebastien Japrisot's novel.
