A Very Long Engagement vs Joyeux Noel
Joyeux Noel has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 7.3/10 for A Very Long Engagement). Joyeux Noel is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 13m. A Very Long Engagement is the older of the two (2004 against 2005). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Very Long Engagement
Joyeux Noel| A Very Long Engagement | Joyeux Noel | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2005 |
| Length | 2h 13m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, War | Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Christian Carion |
| Main cast | Jodie Foster, Denis Lavant, Marion Cotillard, Audrey Tautou, Ticky Holgado | Steven Robertson, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Ian Richardson, Benno Fürmann |
Synopsis
A Very Long Engagement
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
Joyeux Noel
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…
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