A Very Long Engagement

On January 6, 1917, five condemned soldiers were escorted to Bouchavesnes, at the Front in the Somme. Facing court-martial, for attempting to inflict self-mutilation and escape the horrors of the trenches during World War I, instead, the five men find themselves abandoned in the battle-scarred fields of no man's land, to meet their end by the hands of the Germans. In June 1920, even though the war is over, polio-stricken Mathilde is still seeking closure, haunted by troubling, unanswered questions regarding the fate of her beloved fiance, Manech. Now, driven by female intuition, instinctual impulse, and blind hope, Mathilde embarks on a relentless quest for answers, in the name of love. What awaits at the end of this snail-paced investigation? Will Mathilde and Manech manage to fulfil their very long engagement?