Which 2004 film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet stars Audrey Tautou and is set after WWI?

The 2004 film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, starring Audrey Tautou and set after World War I, is A Very Long Engagement.

Tautou plays Mathilde Donnay, a young woman who refuses to believe that her fiancé, Manech, died in the trenches. After receiving conflicting reports about his fate, she begins a determined search for him and investigates the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of five French soldiers.

The film is based on Sébastien Japrisot’s 1991 novel of the same name. Jeunet brings the story his distinctive visual style, combining intricate production design, dark wartime imagery, romance, humor, and carefully interwoven flashbacks. The result is both a mystery and an emotionally charged love story.

The title refers to Mathilde’s prolonged wait and her refusal to abandon hope. It is sometimes confused with Jeunet’s earlier film Amélie because both star Audrey Tautou, but the two movies differ sharply: Amélie is a whimsical Parisian romantic comedy, while A Very Long Engagement is a World War I mystery-drama.