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Amélie (2001)

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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From Time Out Film Guide

Closeted Amélie Poulain (Guiet), eight, enjoys the little things, like picking cored raspberries off the tips of her fingers. In the hectic comic overture of this sweet-hearted nostalgia fest, director Jeunet offers a colour-saturated compendium of her likes and dislikes that leaves you breathless, amazed and laughing. Cut to summer 1997: grown-up Amélie has moved to Montmartre, where she works in a café and has a revelation that her life's work should be to bring good to others. But what of herself? Love's destiny presents a puzzle: could scraps of photo-booth snaps dropped by handsome stranger Nino (Kassovitz) provide a clue? Swinging away from the grotesquerie of Delicatessen and City of Lost Children to celebratory fable, Jeunet brings the same mastery of detailed, allusive mise-en-scène, set design and colour composition to this love poem to la vie Parisienne. Central to Jeunet's vision is the anchoring performance of Tautou (as the adult Amélie), through whose innocent eyes this carnival of earthly pleasures, places and people is seen. If it errs towards the sentimentality of '30s populist comedies, it nevertheless mines a mighty vein of cinematic encouragement.

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Mel said...

Posted on Feb 23 2008 00:12 i love this film it is genuine feelgood and also has some very touching monents loke when Nino goes to the cafe to find her and she cant talk to him. i love the glass mans analysis on amelies life and forcing her to see her self. the travelling gnome was genius aswell- so sweet
favorite film brilliant acting

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pete mcnee said...

Posted on Oct 17 2007 13:45 i had not become a fan of romantic films before or after watching Amelie, bur regardless of the genre, it is the most wonderfull and charming film i have seen. The tirleess dedication to detail within the sets, language and charactors can be easily overlooked when distracted bt Audrey's intensely subtle performance. (also be aware not to miss the subtitles by gazing into here eye's at every opportunity). Supported by an equally talented cast this make's for superb film which can still throw new heart warming detais at you each time you watch. To sum up- Perfect.

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