“A very long engagement” is one of the most moving movies I have ever watched. It tells a story about a young lady who gathers information from returning soldiers in order to figure out what on earth her fiancé was alive or dead. People think it is a love story, but for me, it is more like a suspense and consequence movie. Do you know why? Because the whole story is like a mystery that leads audience guess and infer the characters’ destiny. As the story happened during the World War I, people suffered from terrible wars and wished to live in peace. Love was luxury for them; it guides today’s people review peace and love in contemporary life.
Audrey Tautou performs Mathilde, a pretty lady who has engaged with Manech, performed by Caspard Ulliel. Manech and other four Frenchmen are sent to frontline to battle ag
ainst Germen. The war finally ends and the survival soldiers return home. They bring bad message to Mathilde, tell her that Manech has already dead and burned. But she doesn’t believe it. She insists to search for information from all possible sources no matter how hard and dangerous the searching is. She gives herself hope, but each time she fails to get a satisfied result. The lighting divides the film into two themes: one is bright and harmony light that emphasizes the beauty of peace and love; the other light character is dark and cold, which shows audience a cruel and ugly war. Two styles of scenes are completely different from each other and highlight the theme. In addition, scenes change through reality and memory, which lead audiences seek for clues together with the female character. So this film is presents in a consequence way. It attracts people to continue watching it, but it is hard to understand some specific details. 
“A Very Long Engagement” is a drama; it has influenced many people and lead people think about the relationship between families and wars. It is a creative film because it contrast loving and killing in through a lady’s life seeking for her fiancé. This is Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s second famous movie following the movie named The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain. Love can encourage people to do what they believe is right. Mathilde’s love goes on and on, which remands me the most famous movie “Titanic”. No matter how much time goes, how the world changes, true love lasts for a life time.
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