We watched A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) last evening, streaming from Netflix. The 2004 film stars Audrey Tautou as a young woman just after World War I convinced that her fiancé was not killed at the Somme as reported. Among the cast are future and former best actress Oscar winners Marion Cotillard and Jodie Foster.
The film is excellent — wonderfully well-acted, beautifully and creatively filmed, just enough mystery, just enough romance, a perfect ending.
Although France did not submit Un long dimanche de fiançailles for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, it was nominated for the best art direction and best cinematography Oscars. Marion Cotillard won the French César Award for best supporting actress. Audrey Tautou was nominated for the César Award for best actress, one of the three times she has been nominated (the others being Amélie and Coco Before Chanel).
The film is in French with English subtitles.