From the director and star of "Amelie" (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou) comes a very different love story: "A Very Long Engagement," based on the acclaimed novel by Sebastien Japrisot. Screenplay and adaptation by Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Guillaume Laurant.

As World War I draws to an end, a young French woman's greatest fight is about to begin.

Mathilde receives word that her fiancé Manech is one of five soldiers who have been court-martialed and pushed out of an Allied trench into no-man's land... and almost certain death.

But if Manech were dead, Mathilde would know.

Summoning the courage, will and strength that only the heart can inspire, she embarks on an extraordinary journey to discover the fate of her lover.

What follows is an investigation into the absurdity of war, the beauty of hope and the tenacity of the human heart.

The film also stars Gaspard Ulliel, Jean-Pierre Becker, Dominique Bettenfeld, Clovis Cornillac, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Julie Depardieu, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, André Dussollier, Ticky Holgado, Tcheky Karyo, Jérôme Kircher, Denis Lavant, Chantal Neuwirth, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Paul Rouve and Michel Vuillermoz.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, from a screenplay adapted by Jeunet & Guillaume Laurant, with dialogue by Laurant, the film was shot by Bruno Delbonnel, A.F.C. Aline Bonetto served as production designer; Madeline Fontaine as Costume Designer. The film was edited by Herve Schneid. Music by Angelo Badalamenti.