Saturday, March 20, 2021

"Un long dimanche de fiançailles", (Eng:"A very long engagement", 2004), Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Typical Jeunet whimsy contrasted with graphic war horror.  The absurdity of the Great War trenches is framed as a mystery about the whereabouts of a young French soldier condemned of desertion by self-harm.  Her fiancee (a beautiful Audrey Tautou) does everything to find him. However it is impossible to solve the case with the clues given in the script, which jumps between plot points. We join her ride while recognizing this or that actor on the way. It is visually gorgeous but flimsy, illuminated in crepuscular yellow tones and continuos camera movements. Worth watching once. 

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