A Very Long Engagement - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "A Very Long Engagement"
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)
Timing:
2:13 (133 min)
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Actors and characters
Dominique Bettenfeld
Character Ange Bassignano
Jean-Pierre Becker
Character Esperanza
Maud Rayer
Character Madame Desrochelles
Stéphane Butet
Character Philippot
Christian Pereira
Character The Records Officer
François Levantal
Character Thouvenel
Patrick Paroux
Character Military Doctor
Solène Le Pechon
Character Young Mathilde
Virgil Leclaire
Character Young Manech
Thierry Gibault
Character Lieutenant Estrangin
Myriam Roustan
Character The Coffee Prostitute
Gilles Masson
Character The Murdered Officer
Sandrine Rigault
Character Mariette Notre Dame
Michel Chalmeau
Character Milly's Priest
Marc Faure
Character Prison Warden
Rodolphe Pauly
Character Jean Desrochelles
Xavier Maly
Character Chardolot's Comrade
Till Bahlmann
Character German Prisoner
Tony Gaultier
Character Gravedigger
Louis-Marie Audubert
Character Gravedigger
Jean-Gilles Barbier
Character Sergeant
Marc Robert
Character Soldier
Pierre Heitz
Character Soldier
Philippe Maymat
Character Soldier
Eric Debrosse
Character Soldier
Éric Fraticelli
Character Menacing Corsican
Philippe Beautier
Character The Train Prankster
Gérald Weingand
Character Cheated Soldier
Luc Sonzogni
Character Cheated Soldier
Xavier Berlioz
Character The Order
Frankie Pain
Character The Mackerel
Marcel Philippot
Character Bourgeois Couple
Pascale Lievyn
Character Bourgeois Couple
Jean-Claude Lecoq
Character German Machine Gunner
Esther Sironneau
Character Nurse
Stéphanie Gesnel
Character Happy Girl
Alexandre Caumartin
Character Sretcher-bearer
Eric Defosse
Character Sretcher-bearer
Gaspar Claus
Character Pierced German
Jean-Philippe Bèche
Character Georges Cornu
Anaïs Durand
Character Hélène Pire
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the novel by Sébastien Japrisot, "A Very Long Engagement" (Un long dimanche de fiançailles, 1991). Jean-Pierre Jeunet had been waiting for the opportunity to adapt his favorite novel for over ten years.
- "A Very Long Engagement" is the second collaboration between Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou after the famous "Amélie".
- Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet met with Jodie Foster at a cafe near his home where he filmed the comedy "Amélie" (2001). Some tourists were nearby who did not recognize either Foster or Jeunet and asked them to move aside so as not to obstruct the cafe they were planning to photograph.
- Jeunet met Foster while working on the dubbing of David Fincher's thriller "Panic Room" (2002).
- Initially, Jean-Pierre Jeunet planned to cast Dominique Pinon in the role that went to Ticky Holgado (1944-2004), and Holgado in the role played by Pinon. However, Holgado was diagnosed with cancer, and the studio categorically refused to insure him, so Jean-Pierre Jeunet simply switched the actors and roles, and never regretted it. Holgado’s condition deteriorated rapidly, he began to forget his lines, and Jeunet edited a rough cut of the film for him, but Holgado died before he could see it.
- The execution scene of Tina Lombardi corresponds to documentary footage of the last public execution to take place in France in 1939.
- The object that Manech is crafting at the end of the film is an illustration for a handwritten book, a miniature in the medieval style. This did not appear in the novel on which «The Long Engagement» is based: Jean himself invented it, inspired by a scene from Wim Wenders' «The American Friend».
- Throughout the film, Manech repeatedly taps out (on the bell, on the rock, and then on a tree in no man's land) the letters “MMM”. These letters stand for “Manech aime Mathilde,” “Manech loves Mathilde”—in French, the word “aime” is pronounced the same as the letter “M”. In the Russian translation, Manech says “Manech is Mathilde’s husband,” “Mathilde is Manech’s dream,” so that the sounds correspond to the Russian spelling of the letters.
- The film is based on Sébastien Japrisot's novel "A Very Long Engagement" (Un long dimanche de fiançailles, 1991). Jean-Pierre Jeunet had been waiting for the opportunity to adapt his favorite novel for over ten years.
- "A Very Long Engagement" is the second collaboration between Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou after the famous "Amélie".
- The object Manek is crafting at the end of the film is an illustration for a handwritten book, a miniature in the medieval style. This did not appear in the novel on which "A Very Long Engagement" is based: Jean himself came up with it, inspired by a scene from Wim Wenders' "The American Friend".
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