: A Very Long Engagement
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Though this French movie is way too long for the simple premise, it’s really well done. Audry Tautou plays a girl waiting for her lost fiance, who’s been “killed” in WWI. She hires a private detective and searches for information, slowly unraveling a complex series of coincidence to find out the truth about her lover. She’s convinced he can’t be dead or she’d “know” it, and thus, despite all the odds and peer pressure, she keeps looking for him. This sounds like it could be dry, but it is isn’t. Director Jeunet cleverly keeps the action going with odd twists, bizarre characters, and his unique brand of humorous editing. Unfortunately, the obvious payoff at the end is minimal, and not completely worth the wait. It’s like watching a sports movie about an underdog team: will they actually win? Gee, I don’t know…
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