A Very Long Engagement
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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 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 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gabilondo Ruby - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Ruby before taking by Bastoche. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mle 1892 Revolver - 8 x 27mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manech holds the medic's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He uses it to blow a stone from a drum chamber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 Revolver - 11 x 17mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing After taking it out of the drawer Tina cocks the hammer of her revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & wesson 4th Model DA - .32 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tina cocks the hammer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fusil Mle 1907-15 Berthier Rifle - 8 x 50mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Benoît Notre-Dame opens the chamber to instert a sharpened bullet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two French soldiers firing their Fusil Mle 1907-15 Berthier Rifles at their hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manech Langonnet (Gaspard Ulliel ) crawling with a Fusil Mle 1907-15 Berthier Rifle . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Berthier lies next to a French soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Thouvenel chambers his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He fires his Berthier Rifle at Le corse menaçant (Eric Fraticelli ) for being Corse not French. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 soldiers can be seen also with Lebel 1886 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lebel Model 1886 - 8x50mmR Lebel Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92 x 57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier (Gaspar Claus ) holding a Mauser Gew 98 Rifle . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shoulder view of the scene. Machine Guns Hotchkiss M1914 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun - 8 x 50mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN MAG-58 Machine Gun - 7.62 x 51mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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".Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chauchat Light Machine Gun - 8x50mmR Lebel Error creating thumbnail: File missing The drinking soldier on the right. Maxim MG08 A genuine Maxim MG08 can be briefly seen in the German trench.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Maxim in the background behind Francis "Six-Sous" Gaignard (Denis Lavant ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another with of the 'sledge' mount. Hand Grenades Barbelé grenade A Grenade Contre Fil Barbelé can be seen in the French trench.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grenade lies on the left next to Manech. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Citron Foug modèle 1916 with 1st Model cap. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The prepared grenade in his hand. Note the 1st model cap on the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grenade thrown into the air. Pétard Grenade Some Pétard Grenades can be seen in the French trench.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pétard Grenade or Third Army Grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two grenades to the left of Favart (Philippe Duquesne ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 17 Eierhandgranate alter Art ("Old Model"). Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grenade in front of the Barbed Wire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 7.58 cm Leichter Minenwerfer Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mortier de 58 mm type 2 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mortier de 58 mm type 2, also known as the Crapouillot or "little toad" Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Canon de 155 C, mle 1917 Schneider Canon 155mm Mle. 1917 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Renault FT Error creating thumbnail: File missing Renault FT light tank Error creating thumbnail: File missing Viven-Bessières rifle grenade launcher Some Berthier Rifles are fitted with Viven-Bessières Rifle Grenade Launchers .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lebel Mle 1886 rifle with Tromblon VB.Error creating thumbnail: File missing 
