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A 2004 French film set in the early twentieth century. Mathilde ([[Audrey Tautou]]) was engaged to her childhood sweetheart Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) when he was enlisted to fight in [[World War I|the war.]] Manech tried to get excused from duty by getting his hand shot, but he was instead convicted of self-mutilation and left to die with four other soldiers in the no-man's land between the French and German trenches. Mathilde, however, refuses to believe that Manech is dead, and sets out on a mission to find him. Along the way, she meets people who are also connected to the five condemned soldiers, and learns their stories.

'''''A Very Long Engagement''''' is a 2004 French film set in the early twentieth century. Mathilde ([[Audrey Tautou]]) was engaged to her childhood sweetheart Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) when he was enlisted to fight in [[World War I|the war.]] Manech tried to get excused from duty by getting his hand shot, but he was instead convicted of self-mutilation and left to die with four other soldiers in the no-man's land between the French and German trenches. Mathilde, however, refuses to believe that Manech is dead, and sets out on a mission to find him. Along the way, she meets people who are also connected to the five condemned soldiers, and learns their stories.