Can't rename important file!

Hi everybody
well, I have quite an extraordinary situation here.
Today morning I created an iStopMotion file (.mov) and renamed it, to my misfortune, with a VERY long name. The file's only copy is on my external drive (unfortunately FAT 32). If I now want to select the file, it simply just disappears (and only reappears if I restart the Finder). Hence, I can not rename it and therefor use it. It's a very important school file and I can not reproduce the file, I HAVE to rename it and be able to use it/convert it. How can I do that without losing the file or anything similar to that? I don't mind if the solution is very long, as long as it works I'm fine with it.
Please help me!
Thank you in advance.

Can you open the file using the application's menu open command, then save it with a different name?
Open the application with which you created the file. In the application menu go to File > Open and try opening the file. Then save it with a different name.
You can also try the move (mv) command in Terminal:
Open Terminal in your applications > utilities folder.
Type in mv with a space after it. Do not press return yet.
Drag the problem file to the Terminal window. This should result in the file with the directory path being entered in the window after the mv+space. Do not press return yet.
Enter another space. Now type a new name for the file. In order to make things easy we are going to have the file go to your Home folder on your main drive.
Now press return. This should move the file from the old place to the new place with a new name.
If you do not want to risk erasing the first file while creating the second in case something goes wrong, use the copy "cp" command instead of the move "mv".

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