Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)

English Title: A Very Long Engagement

Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) is convinced that her husband, who fought in the trenches during World War I, somehow survived.

Cat Cattle Call: Mathilde lives with her parents in a farmhouse and has several cats which are usually seen on or around her bed.

A Very Long Engagement - cats on bed with Mathilde at desk
A Very Long Engagement - cat on bed with Mathilde sleeping
A Very Long Engagement - cat on bed with Mathilde at desk

A pair of long-haired cats are nearby as she gets a massage for her stricken legs.

A Very Long Engagement - two long-haired cats on floor below Mathilde

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): One adorable tabby cat cuddles up next to her.

A Very Long Engagement - tabby cat on bed cuddling with Mathilde Audrey Tautou
A Very Long Engagement - tabby cat on bed cuddling with Mathilde Audrey Tautou
A Very Long Engagement - tabby cat on bed cuddling with Mathilde Audrey Tautou animated gif
A Very Long Engagement - tabby cat on bed with Mathilde Audrey Tautou

The tabby cat is beside her as she reads through materials which give her clues about what happened at the Somme where her husband was last seen.

A Very Long Engagement - tabby cat with Mathilde Audrey Tautou

Mathilde has a nightmare which includes her tabby cat hissing.

A Very Long Engagement - tabby cat hissing

When she awakens, she finds the oil lamp knocked over and burning with the cat beside it. She puts out the fire and scolds the cat for knocking over the lamp.

A Very Long Engagement - tabby cat next to burning oil lamp on floor next to bed with Mathilde Audrey Tautou

Later in a flashback we see what really happened. A man sneaked into her room to kill her and the tabby cat hissed at him, causing him to knock over the lamp.

A Very Long Engagement - tabby cat on bed hissing

Purr Blurs: There is also a scene where Mathilde is walking through a town. Two cats can just barely be seen on the steps in the distance.

A Very Long Engagement - two cats on steps in background of town

Final Mewsings: Cats know that no good deed goes unpunished.

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