France 1917. Mathilde is a young woman from a small French village who suffers from a limp following a case of childhood polio. Her fiancé is sent off to the Great War. When the war ends and he does not return, Mathilde sets out to find him, wading through oceans of survivors and military red tape. By the maker of Delicatessen and Amelie, this film contains the same visual brilliance and striking mixture of sentimentalism and gravity. With Audrey Tautou in the lead role and with its detective plot, A Very Long Engagement is a sweeping cinematic experience.