Un Long Dimanche De Fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement

In this French romance drama  directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, a young French woman, Mathilde, is determined to find her fiancé, who has been missing and declared dead since disappearing during the Battle of the Somme from July to November 1916. Mathilde refuses to believe that he is gone and starts an investigation, which uncovers much more than she’d expected, including a heartless state-sponsored execution procedure for court-martialed soldiers. As Mathilde tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death, the film explores the life of soldiers on the front along with the  life of their next of kin at the home front.