(The original French title is "The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain.") Amelie is an innocent and dreamy girl, barely 20, who grew up isolated and unloved with the waifish gamine looks of young Audrey Hepburn. Though that may seem a quotidian plot indeed after director Jean-Pierre Jeunet's past astonishing films ("Delicatessen," "The City of Lost Children"), it hardly begins to encompass the magic, wonder, and oddball sentimentality of this delightful film. And why? As Amelia works towards uncovering this mystery she gathers the courage to reveal herself to Nino.Ĭlick here to see the rest of this reviewĪt the heart of this movie, a waitress develops a romance with a clerk in a porno shop.
Who is leaving these fragments of pictures. As Amelia watches Nino from afar she is fascinated by the way he picks up discarded pieces from photobooths all over Paris. When Amelie meets the handsome and enigmatic Nino, she secretly sends him notes and acts as a secret admirer, never revealing herself. When Amelie sees a disabled grocer's assistant being degraded and humiliated by his boss, Amelia sneaks into the boss' apartment and delivers a hilarious comeuppance. Amelie's actions pay off when her father makes the decision to travel the world. In order to motivate her father to spread his wings, Amelie steals his prized garden gnome and photographs the gnome in front of various landmarks from around the world. Amelie decides to play matchmaker for a lonely co-worker and a jilted man who frequents the restaurant where she works. This film won the Palme dOr at the Cannes film festival in 2013 and stars Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchapoulos in the lead roles. The gratitude of the owner and the happiness that Amelie sees on his face spurs her on to commit further random acts of kindness. Blue is the warmest colour (La vie d’Adele chapitres 1 & 2) A moving love story about a French teenager Adele who discovers desire and freedom when blue haired art student Emma comes into her life. When Amelie discovers a box of old treasures in the floorboards of her apartment, she decides to track down the owner and reunite him with his box of childhood memories. In this delightful French film Amelie (played by Audrey Tautou)is a lonely waitress with a heart of gold.
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