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Release Date:
25 April 2001 (Belgium) moreTagline:
One person can change your life forever. morePlot:
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. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 51 wins & 46 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(105 articles)
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She makes ME fall in love too! more (1161 total)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 |
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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]
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Rated R for sexual content.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
122 min | France:129 minLanguage:
FrenchAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
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)Fun Stuff
Trivia:
The main colors in the film (green, yellow and red) are inspired by the paintings of the Brazilian artist Juarez Machado. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The angle of the sun changes noticeably from the beginning of the park sequence to the end. moreQuotes:
[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...
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To start off with, I heard a lot of good things about this movie when it was on the big screens but never got around to see it before it disappeared. Sitting here, long after in the aftermath, I might never forgive myself for missing that opportunity. Eventually I did get around to see it, though a small TV never does a film the same justice a theater does, and being a bit sceptic about the small hype this movie caused made me prejudice about it, but I must say I have never been so wrong before. And I am happy saying it.
This movies biggest crime, and yet its biggest asset, is that it is in French. Subtitles just does not bring full justice to a movie like this, and it is bound to scare off most of the audience not used to subtitled movies. Sad to say so, but I believe it is the truth. I do not know any French at all, but I sure wish I was fluent watching this movie!
Compared to most other films "Amelie" (and I will stick to "Amelie" since "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" is a bit long to write) is based on a rather ordinary and plain story everyone can relate to, but it is given to us in a very special kind of way, mixed with wonderful little subplots and an almost chaotic amount of details. We get to see and experience the world and especially Paris through the filtering eyes and fantasy of Amelie, A Paris that might feel small and limited on the screen but in fact is just as big as it is in the eyes of Amelie.
Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet brings to life the world of Amelie with colors, masterful camerawork and a few special effects (Well, I have certainly felt like melting a couple of times too in my life!). Some people I spoke to before seeing "Amelie" criticized it for being too childish and unrealistic, but I believe it is an essential part of the movie since Amelie herself is a very childish and imaginative young girl. She just happens to fall in love one day when she decides to embark on a quest. Jean-Pierre Jeunet manages to bring us along without losing control of the set or the plot. It is exactly this kind of movie that could easily be overdone and lose all of its magic in the hands of the wrong person, but Jean-Pierre Jeunet never slips a single time. For you who think you never heard of him before he is actually the same man who brought us "Alien 4" back in 1997, (I still refuse to believe he was involved in that horrible film...), and the wonderful "Delicatessen" in 1991.
Audrey Tautou could not be overemphasized for her importance in portraying Amelie. I am a bit embarrassed admitting it but I was almost falling in love with Amelie myself, forgetting she was only fiction on the screen. However she does not carry "Amelie" solely by herself. The cast makes an excellent whole and it is hard imagining switching anyone without affecting the whole outcome. Everyone manages to make the most out of their role and even though we only get to know some of them briefly they come alive just as much as Amelie herself does.
I could go on forever about "Amelie". It contains so many details and switches in tempo and camerawork it has to be seen more than once to take in and understand everything. Damn it, "Amelie" made me happy, laughing out loud at times, and very few movies affects me like that.
I very rarely give movies a 10, and I was indeed considering a 9 for a while, but for me this is one of those movies I will come back to time after time. Long after the CG thrills of hyped fantasy movies and big budget Hollywood productions have faded and been forgotten, Amelie will still be jumping around in my heart, doing all those silly and charming little things I wish I dared to do too...