A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement Un long dimanche de fiançailles Movie Poster Country France Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet Release Date October 27, 2004 Language French German Distributor Warner Independent Pictures Main Cast Character Actor Mathilde Donnay Audrey Tautou Manech Langonne Gaspard Ulliel Sylvain Dominique Pinon

A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) is a 2004 French romantic World War I film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Alien: Resurrection). The film stars Audrey Tautou as Mathilde Donnay, a young woman whose desperate search for her fiancée leads to her subsequent discovery that he is one of five soldiers that have been convicted of self-mutilation in order to escape military service during World War I. They are condemned to face near-certain death in the no man's land between the French and German trench lines unarmed. It appears that all of them were killed in the subsequent Battle of The Somme, but Mathilde, the fiancée of one of the soldiers, refuses to give up hope and begins to uncover clues as to what actually took place on the battlefield. She discovers the brutally corrupt system used by the French Military to deal with those who tried to escape the front during her search and what happened to the other men who were sentenced to the no man's land as a punishment. The film's cast includes Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, and Marion Cotillard.

The following weapons were used in the film A Very Long Engagement:

Handguns

Ruby Pistol

Bastoche (Jérôme Kircher) accidentally wounds himself while trying to kill rats with a Ruby Pistol.

Gabilondo Ruby - .32 ACP

The Ruby before taking by Bastoche.

He takes the pistol to hit some rats with the Ruby Pistol.

Mle 1892 Revolver

French officers including Capitaine Favourier (Tchéky Karyo) are armed with Mle 1892 Revolvers.

Mle 1892 Revolver - 8 x 27mm

French officer murdered with a Mle 1892 Revolver in his hand.

Webley Mk VI

A French medic (Patrick Paroux) owns a British Webley .455 Mk VI revolver that is taken by Manech Langonnet (Gaspard Ulliel).

Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley

Manech holds the medic's revolver.

He uses it to blow a stone from a drum chamber.

The medic gets back his Webley given by Julien Phillipot (Stéphane Butet).

Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 Revolver

Tina Lombardi (Marion Cotillard) uses a Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 Revolver.

Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 Revolver - 11 x 17mmR

After taking it out of the drawer Tina cocks the hammer of her revolver.

She holds the Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873, about to spit on muzzle.

Smith & Wesson Fourth Model .32 DA Revolver

A Smith & Wesson 4th Model is seen on Tina's belt.

Smith & wesson 4th Model DA - .32

Tina cocks the hammer.

The S&W revolver on her belt.

Rifles

Berthier 1907-15

The majority of French soldiers including Manech Langonnet (Gaspard Ulliel), Benoît Notre-Dame (Clovis Cornillac), Francis "Six-Sous" Gaignard (Denis Lavant), Célestin Poux (Albert Dupontel) and Thouvenel (François Levantal) are armed with Berthier Mle 1907-15 rifles. The rifles are fitted with Rosalie bayonets or Viven-Bessières Rifle Grenade Launchers.

Fusil Mle 1907-15 Berthier Rifle - 8 x 50mmR

Benoît Notre-Dame opens the chamber to instert a sharpened bullet.

Two French soldiers firing their Fusil Mle 1907-15 Berthier Rifles at their hands.

Manech Langonnet (Gaspard Ulliel) crawling with a Fusil Mle 1907-15 Berthier Rifle.

A Berthier lies next to a French soldier.

Thouvenel chambers his rifle.

He fires his Berthier Rifle at Le corse menaçant (Eric Fraticelli) for being Corse not French.

French soldiers affixing their Rosalie bayonets before going over the top.

Lebel Mle 1886

Despite the Berthier rifle is the most used rifle, some French soldier can be seen also with Lebel 1886 rifles.

Lebel Model 1886 - 8x50mmR Lebel

A Lebel is seen on the right.

Mauser Gewehr 1898

All German soldiers are seen with correct Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles with fixed Seitengewehr 98/05 bayonets. Francis Gaignard (Denis Lavant) briefly holds a Mauser taken from a German soldier.

Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92 x 57mm

German soldier (Gaspar Claus) holding a Mauser Gew 98 Rifle.

Shoulder view of the scene.

Machine Guns

Hotchkiss M1914

1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun - 8 x 50mmR

French soldier firing a 1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun in a bunker.

FN MAG 58

Anachronistic FN MAG-58 Machine Guns are used by German soldiers to resemble Maxim MG08s and Parabellum MG14s.

FN MAG-58 Machine Gun - 7.62 x 51mm

FN MAG-58 Machine Gun mocked up as a MG14 on a German aircraft which is a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 acting as an "Albatros".

FN MAG-58 Machine Gun mocked up as a Maxim MG08/15 firing from a German bunker.

Chauchat Mle 1915

A French soldier is briefly seen with a Chauchat light machine gun.

Chauchat Light Machine Gun - 8x50mmR Lebel

The drinking soldier on the right.

Maxim MG08

A genuine Maxim MG08 can be briefly seen in the German trench.

Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser

The Maxim in the background behind Francis "Six-Sous" Gaignard (Denis Lavant).

Another with of the 'sledge' mount.

Hand Grenades

Barbelé grenade

A Grenade Contre Fil Barbelé can be seen in the French trench.

The grenade lies on the left next to Manech.

The same grenade as he passed by.

Citron Foug modèle 1916

A Citron Foug modèle 1916 grenade is used by Caporal Kléber Bouquet (Jérôme Kircher) to destroy the German "Albatros".

Citron Foug modèle 1916 with 1st Model cap.

The prepared grenade in his hand. Note the 1st model cap on the right.

The grenade thrown into the air.

Pétard Grenade

Some Pétard Grenades can be seen in the French trench.

Pétard Grenade or Third Army Grenade

Two grenades to the left of Favart (Philippe Duquesne).

Side view of a grenade between the two French soldiers in the background.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Anachronistic Model 24 Stielhandgranates are seen lying in a German trench and No Man's Land. At least, they are equipped with drilled belt clips to resemble correct Model 17s.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade

Some Stielhandgranaten between the French soldiers. The one in the foreground is fitted with a belt clip.

Model 17 Eierhandgranate

Accurate Model 17 Eierhandgranates can be briefly seen on a crate.

Model 17 Eierhandgranate alter Art ("Old Model").

The egg grenades lie on the crate under the remains of a G98.

Wurfgranate 15

Like the M24, several Wurfgranate 15 for the Granatwerfer 16 Mortar can be seen on the battlefield.

Wurfgranate 15 mounted on to a Granatenwerfer 16 spigot mortar

The grenade in front of the Barbed Wire.

Another Wurfgranate in No Man's Land beneath the mortier.

Other

7.58 cm Minenwerfer

A 7.58 cm Minenwerfer stands in the German trench at the beginning of the movie.

7.58 cm Leichter Minenwerfer

Mortier de 58 mm type 2

Mortier de 58 mm type 2, also known as the Crapouillot or "little toad"

Canon de 155 C, mle 1917 Schneider

Canon 155mm Mle. 1917

Renault FT

Renault FT light tank

Viven-Bessières rifle grenade launcher

Some Berthier Rifles are fitted with Viven-Bessières Rifle Grenade Launchers.

Lebel Mle 1886 rifle with Tromblon VB.