“I hate the naturalism, ... especially in the French films. They don't care about the picture. ... And they speak and they speak. It's a drama in a kitchen, a couple fighting.”
“[Superstitious Mathilde (Tautou) refuses to believe the news that her fiance, Manech (Gaspard Ulliel), died during the war and sets out to find him in] A Very Long Engagement. ... the story is so complicated ... even we were lost at times.”