French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who's best known for the dark-hued but dazzling visuals of films like DELICATESSEN (1991) and CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (1995), finally balances style and substance with this visually stunning and emotionally resonant parable of love lost in the aftermath of a devastating war. Paris, 1920: Three years ago, five French soldiers were sentenced to die on the western front for mutilating themselves in hopes of escaping the nightmare of the trenches and returning home. They were instead escorted to a front-line trench nicknamed the "Bingo Crepuscule" and, as dawn was breaking, cruelly hoisted over the barbed-wire barricade and tossed into t...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
133 mins