After the Word War I, the limp and superstitious Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) does not accept the disappearance of her fiancée Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) from the trenches of Somme. Manech and other four soldiers were accused of self-mutilation and sentenced to death by the Martial Court. However, no survival is able to state that Manech really died, and Mathilde invest her savings and hopes searching for him.
Yesterday I saw "Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles" on DVD and I really found it a too long romance, sometimes very boring, but with beautiful cinematography and music score. For my surprise, this movie is among the IMDb Top 250, being completely overrated since the story is very weird, and although being a romance, there is no romanticism at all. Stanley Kubrick's "Path of Glory" is an anti-war masterpiece, and an excellent movie about the theme of soldiers sentenced to death in WWI by a French Martial Court. "Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles" adds a tedious romance to a very similar storyline. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Eterno Amor" ("Eternal Love")
Yesterday I saw "Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles" on DVD and I really found it a too long romance, sometimes very boring, but with beautiful cinematography and music score. For my surprise, this movie is among the IMDb Top 250, being completely overrated since the story is very weird, and although being a romance, there is no romanticism at all. Stanley Kubrick's "Path of Glory" is an anti-war masterpiece, and an excellent movie about the theme of soldiers sentenced to death in WWI by a French Martial Court. "Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles" adds a tedious romance to a very similar storyline. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Eterno Amor" ("Eternal Love")