A week ago in my french class, we talked about what we like to do in our free time then my teacher asked if anyone have a chance to watch french movies or know any french movies. I said that I know and also already watched 'Amelie' then he asked if I also saw another one by Audrey Tautou called 'Un long dimanche de fiançailles' or 'A very long engagement' in English. I wish I said yes. Yes I've waited to see it since I heard of it in 2005 but never have a chance until last night, around 2am (so better call it this early morning) *synopsis* As World War I draws to an end, a young French woman's greatest fight is about to begin. Mathilde has received word that her fiancé Manech is one of five wounded soldiers who have been court-martialed and pushed out into the no-man's land between the French and German armies... an almost certain death. Unwilling to accept that her beloved Manech is lost to her forever, Mathilde embarks on a extraordinary journey to discover the fate of her lover. At each turn, she receives a different heartbreaking variation on how Manech must have spent those last days, those last moments. Still, she never gets discouraged. If Manech were dead, Mathilde would know.
The movie also have Marian Cotillard (Inception) and Jodi Foster. I have to say that the movie is beautifully scripted and it's worth waiting for. It's in french but good for practicing my listening which somehow still now improve. It looks like an impossible mission to find her fiancé in that circumstance but she has faith and hope. Finally the waiting is worth every minutes.
It sounds so corny, yes, but sometime holding all the faith and strange that we have is just only a way to pass the day. At night you might cry and wonder what happen to your life, by tomorrow you will be alert and ready again because you have a hope that it will be better. I do believe that life will be better when you look at it on the bright side, be optimistic. Stop being grumpy and feeling hopeless, your life is still a long way to go. Sometime, something is worth waiting for. Be patient, everything will be ok...
Yosita Anita V.
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