I am not a francophile, I promise. It's just that Amelie was so good, I felt like one good French movie starring Audrey Tautou deserved another. A Very Long Engagement is more somber and dramatic than Amelie, but just as good. Since it, like Amelie, is directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Engagement has similar stylings and quirky-funny tones to it. Sure, it may be about a a fiancee's ongoing search to find her love who disappeared somewhere in the Somme during World War I. In the course of Mathilde's (Tautou) search for her fiancee Manech (Gaspard Ulliel), she learns of the fates, or supposed fates, of those Manech fought and was arrested alongside. There is romance (obviously), murder, mystery, tuba-playing and a vengeful woman. Tautou plays Mathilde wonderfully - mournful, hopeful, resolute, weak. While this film lacks some of the spunk of Amelie, A Very Long Engagement is a masterfully crafted film and well worth 2 hours or so of your time.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
A Very Long Engagement
I am not a francophile, I promise. It's just that Amelie was so good, I felt like one good French movie starring Audrey Tautou deserved another. A Very Long Engagement is more somber and dramatic than Amelie, but just as good. Since it, like Amelie, is directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Engagement has similar stylings and quirky-funny tones to it. Sure, it may be about a a fiancee's ongoing search to find her love who disappeared somewhere in the Somme during World War I. In the course of Mathilde's (Tautou) search for her fiancee Manech (Gaspard Ulliel), she learns of the fates, or supposed fates, of those Manech fought and was arrested alongside. There is romance (obviously), murder, mystery, tuba-playing and a vengeful woman. Tautou plays Mathilde wonderfully - mournful, hopeful, resolute, weak. While this film lacks some of the spunk of Amelie, A Very Long Engagement is a masterfully crafted film and well worth 2 hours or so of your time.
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