Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)

Director:

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writers:

Guillaume Laurant (scenario) and
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (scenario) ...

Release Date:

25 April 2001 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

One person can change your life forever.

Plot:

Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Waitress | Garden Gnome | Happiness | Hypochondriac

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 51 wins & 46 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Audrey Tautou	...	Amélie Poulain
Mathieu Kassovitz	...	Nino Quincampoix
Rufus	...	Raphaël Poulain
Lorella Cravotta	...	Amandine Poulain
Serge Merlin	...	Raymond Dufayel
Jamel Debbouze	...	Lucien
Clotilde Mollet	...	Gina
Claire Maurier	...	Madame Suzanne - la patronne du café
Isabelle Nanty	...	Georgette
Dominique Pinon	...	Joseph
Artus de Penguern	...	Hipolito
Yolande Moreau	...	Madeleine Wallace
Urbain Cancelier	...	Collignon
Maurice Bénichou	...	Dominique Bretodeau
Michel Robin	...	Mr. Collignon

Also Known As:

Amélie (France) (working title) (International: English title) (USA)
Amelie (Australia) (UK)
Amélie des Abbesses (France) (working title)
Amelie from Montmartre (International: English title)
Amelie of Montmartre (International: English title) (festival title)
Die fabelhafte Welt der Amelie (Germany)
The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain (USA) (literal English title)
Amélie (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) [es]
Amelie (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) [es]
Амели (Russia) [ru]
Amélia z Montmartru (Slovakia) [sk]
Amélie (Finland) [fi]
Amélie csodálatos élete (Hungary) [hu]
Amélie z Montmartru (Czech Republic) [cs]
Amelia (Poland) [pl]
Amelie (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Amelie (Greece) [el]
Amelie från Montmartre (Sweden) [sv]
Ameri (Japan) [ja]
Cudesna sudbina Amelije Pulen (Serbia) [sr]
Den fabelagtige Amélie fra Montmartre (Denmark) [da]
Den fabelaktige Amélie fra Montmartre (Norway) [no]
El fabuloso destino de Amelie Poulain (Chile) [es]
Il favoloso mondo di Amélie (Italy) [it]
O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie (Portugal) [pt]
O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie Poulain (Brazil) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content.

Runtime:

122 min | France:129 min

Country:

France | Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White | Color (Duboicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | Malaysia:18PL | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Hungary:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 (video rating) (cut) | South Korea:18 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:R(A)

Filming Locations:

Abbesses, Paris 18, Paris, France

Company:

Claudie Ossard Productions

Trivia:

When Amélie goes to Mr Collignon's parents, the father, who makes holes in flowers, says he'd rather make these holes into lilacs. This is a direct reference to French singer Serge Gainsbourg's song "Le poinçonneur des Lilas".

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Amélie sits down on some stairs and looks into the Nino's photo-book for the first time, you can see the camera's shadow over her.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: On September 3rd 1973, at 6:28pm and 32 seconds, a bluebottle fly capable of 14,670 wing beats a minute landed on Rue St Vincent, Montmartre. At the same moment, on a restaurant terrace nearby, the wind magically made two glasses dance unseen on a tablecloth...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "EastEnders: (2006-05-23)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Si Tu N'étais Pas Là

Fantastic...

It is the best film i've ever seen.Only the French could make films as good as this. Amélie explores the trivial things in life and it brings you to some realisations of your own in that our lives are so simple and we only need the simplest of things to keep us happy. Amélie is a must for anyone