pax-et-forza

Supercops and mini-bandits, united by the destiny to deal with some dangerous Mafioso, the kind of guys who seem to have no problems to kill, to obligated young girls to prostitute themselves, to make drug traffic. First the cops: Laborie, a woman, a mother, but also the chief of the mission, then Giovanni the Italian police officer, a family man, and finally Winfried the German police officer, hiding his fear behind the orders he receives. Then the young robbers: Santino, the worried one, Nasser, the charismatic leader, Selim the funny guy, Martial the acrobat, and Nadia the female-computer-specialist. All united to fight Abedin Nexhep, a criminal who the cops are missioned to take to the international tribunal of Europe, in Strasbourg. The killers who want to free Nexhep will surround their refuge. What will happen? They will all become heroes.

Two superstars of the french cinema: adorable Juliette Binoche and hot Olivier Martinez, love and save each other from lost, sickness and death, while horse-riding through the stunningly beautiful Provence. An adaptation of the famous novel by Jean Giono. They are there: on the screen, on their horses, in this magnificent landscape, he tries to become a man, she tries to stay a woman, they are smiling, and soon you'll express the wish of being with them on this screen, to be one of them, maybe both, if this happens, Rappeneau gets to his goal: grace. A great tale about love, renouncement, youth, passion, courage and Honor. A famous novel of the french literature. Patriotism, romanticism, and grace. Rappeneau is the master, Binoche and Martinez are the gifted pupils.

An epic love story on a World War I background. Far from Amelie, the team Jeunet/Tautou demonstrates his talent, showing with poetry love and war, beauty and horror, sweetness and violence. Mathilde and Manech, played by the stunning Audrey Tautou and the new French heart-throb Gaspard Ulliel, are the ideal lovers, determinate, passionate, separated by destiny, hoping...because hope is the message, the only one of a film where love is giving and giving again. If you loved Cold Mountain you will adore "A very long engagement". If don't know yet what it is to hold someone's heart in your hand, to feel the beatings of somebody's heart like the Morse alphabet, this movie will explain it to you, and you never will be the same anymore.