A Very Long Engagement
In 1919, Mathilde has been 19 years of age. Two years earlier, her fiancé Manech left for the front at the Somme. Like numerous others he had been"killed on the field of battle." It's written on the official notice in white and black. However, Mathilde refuses to trust it. She would understand, if Manech had died. She hangs on to her intuition because she would on hope's previous thread linking her lover. An former sergeant informs her that Manech died in the company of four other men condemned to expire for untoward wounds, in a trench named Bingo Crepescule's no man's land. Her path is filled with challenges but Mathilde isn't scared. Anything is possible to somebody who is ready to challenge fate...
Released: 2004-10-26
Duration: 133
min
Country:
France