Bruno Delbonnel, AFC
A Very Long Engagement

During the mayhem of World War I, five soldiers are accused of deliberately wounding themselves and are sent into no man’s land between the trenches to die. One of them is Manech. He is engaged to a village girl named Mathilde, who is convinced he is still alive. She begins an unrelenting search into the events surrounding his supposed execution.

Bruno Delbonnel, AFC was born in the east of France in a town called Nancy. He was raised there and in Paris. He earned his first narrative film credit in 1993 for Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communists (Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents). Delbonnel won the 2001 European Film Award for his collaboration with A Very Long Engagement’s director Jean-Pierre Jeunet on Amélie (2002). The stylishly expressionistic film also garnered Delbonnel his first Oscar, ASC, Cesar and BAFTA awards nominations. Delbonnel narrative credits include The Cat's Meow, Marie, Nonna, la vierge et moi, C'est jamais loin and Ni pour, ni contre.

 

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