Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
SPOILER FREE Review of a French masterpiece, A Very Long Engagement, by Jean-Pierre Jeunet who also directed Amelie.
If you think this film looks good (and you'd be right), you can watch it here:
youtube.com/watch?v=P1XJXR1JnG4
A Very Long Engagement just turned fifteen years old but it’s available to watch right now on YouTube movies. It’s a much less widely known film than director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s previous film, Amélie but just like Amélie it stars Audrey Tautou and Dominique Pinon. We also have Marion Cotillard before she was in Inception and La Vie en Rose as well as a surprising French speaking appearance from Jodie Foster. On top of that, Gaspard Ulliel gives the performance of his career.
How does this older French First World War film 'A Very Long Engagement' fair against the more famous Amélie and more importantly, is it worth watching 15 years on? Despite the film’s age, this is a spoiler free review of the 2004 French film A Very Long Engagement, or Un long dimanche de fiançailles, A Long Sunday of Engagement.
Director of photography Bruno Delbonnel also lensed Amelie, and his since gone on to work with Tim Burton and the Coen Brothers, but his working relationship with Jean-Pierre Jeunet has, in my opinion, yielded the best looking scenes of his career. Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a huge fan of a Sergio Leone, as am I, First World War love stories as this one is. But Jean-Pierre’s French take on the Leone’s trademark look is truly gorgeous; I kid you not, if you have no word of French, you can still watch this film without subtitles.
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SPOILER FREE Review of a French masterpiece, A Very Long Engagement, by Jean-Pierre Jeunet who also directed Amelie.
If you think this film looks good (and you'd be right), you can watch it here:
youtube.com/watch?v=P1XJXR1JnG4
A Very Long Engagement just turned fifteen years old but it’s available to watch right now on YouTube movies. It’s a much less widely known film than director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s previous film, Amélie but just like Amélie it stars Audrey Tautou and Dominique Pinon. We also have Marion Cotillard before she was in Inception and La Vie en Rose as well as a surprising French speaking appearance from Jodie Foster. On top of that, Gaspard Ulliel gives the performance of his career.
How does this older French First World War film 'A Very Long Engagement' fair against the more famous Amélie and more importantly, is it worth watching 15 years on? Despite the film’s age, this is a spoiler free review of the 2004 French film A Very Long Engagement, or Un long dimanche de fiançailles, A Long Sunday of Engagement.
Director of photography Bruno Delbonnel also lensed Amelie, and his since gone on to work with Tim Burton and the Coen Brothers, but his working relationship with Jean-Pierre Jeunet has, in my opinion, yielded the best looking scenes of his career. Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a huge fan of a Sergio Leone, as am I, First World War love stories as this one is. But Jean-Pierre’s French take on the Leone’s trademark look is truly gorgeous; I kid you not, if you have no word of French, you can still watch this film without subtitles.
If you like this review and foreign tv series and movies, consider subscribing!
