A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement 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 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 no man's land as a punishment.
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=Pistols=
==Ruby Pistol==
Bastoche (Jérôme Kircher) accidentally wounds himself while trying to kill rats with a Ruby Pistol.
==Luger P08==
Thouvenel (François Levantal) is seen with a Luger P08 during a meeting with Tina Lombardi (Marion Cotillard).
=Revolvers=
==MAS Mle. 1892==
French officers including Capitaine Favourier (Tchéky Karyo) are armed with Mle 1892 Revolvers.
==Webley Mk. VI==
A French medic (Patrick Paroux) owns a British Webley .455 Mk VI that is taken by Manech Langonnet (Gaspard Ulliel).
==Chamelot-Delvigne Mle. 1873==
Tina Lombardi (Marion Cotillard) uses a Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873.
==Smith & Wesson Fourth Model .32 DA==
A Smith & Wesson 4th Model is seen on Tina's belt.
=Rifles=
==Berthier Mle. 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.
==Berthier Mle. 1916 Carabine==
Some Berthier Model 1916 Carabines are also seen carried by French police officers and soldiers.
==Lebel Mle. 1886==
Despite the Berthier rifle being the most common rifle in the film, some French soldiers can also be seen with Lebel 1886s.
==Mauser Gewehr 1898==
Imperial German Army soldiers all use the correct Mauser Gewehr 1898 with fixed Seitengewehr 98/05 bayonets. Francis Gaignard (Denis Lavant) briefly holds a Mauser taken from a German soldier.
=Machine Guns=
==Hotchkiss Mle. 1914==
The Hotchkiss M1914 is the standard French machine gun.
==FN MAG 58==
Anachronistic FN MAG 58s mocked-up to resemble Maxim MG08s and Parabellum MG14s are used by German soldiers.
==Chauchat Mle. 1915==
A French soldier is very briefly seen with a Chauchat.
==Maxim MG 08==
A genuine Maxim MG08 can be briefly seen in the German trench.
thumb|none|400px|Maxim MG 08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
=Hand Grenades=
==Grenade Contre fil Barbelé==
A Grenade Contre Fil Barbelé can be seen in the French trench.
==Citron Foug Mle. 1916==
A Citron Foug modèle 1916 grenade is used by Caporal Kléber Bouquet (Jérôme Kircher) to destroy the German Albatros.
==Pétard Grenade==
Some Pétard Grenades can be seen in the French trench.
==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 period-correct Model 17s.
thumb|none|350px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate
==Model 17 Eierhandgranate==
Several accurate Model 17 Eierhandgranates can briefly be seen on a crate in the same scene.
==Wurfgranate 15==
Like the M24, several Wurfgranate 15 for the Granatwerfer 16 Mortar can be seen on the battlefield.
=Other=
==7.58 cm Minenwerfer==
A 7.58 cm Minenwerfer stands in the German trench at the beginning of the movie.
==Mortier de 58 mm type 2==
==Canon de 155 C, Mle. 1917 Schneider==
==Renault FT==
==Viven-Bessières rifle grenade launcher==
Some Berthier Rifles are fitted with Viven-Bessières Rifle Grenade Launchers.
==Chobert Mle. 1917==
An unused Chobert Modèle 1917 flare gun is briefly seen lying in the Bingo Crepuscule shelter.
==Field Guns==
Two different French field guns are seen drawn by horses.
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Category:War
Category:Drama
Category:Romance
Category:French Produced/Filmed
Category: Jean-Pierre Jeunet