Amélie

Movie: Amélie(Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le)
Language: French
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Year: 2001
Watched on: 09 April 2006
Rating: **** (4/5)
Review:

Amélie is a gem of a movie directed brilliantly by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. I first watched it in a film festival and fell in love with it immediately. Despite watching it in parts on TV recently, I decided to watch it again and I swear I was not bored even for a minute. Amélie (Audrey Tautou) is a lonely, shy and innocent girl in Paris. She works in a cafe and loves to indulge in small pleasures like skipping pebbles on water, burying her hands in grain, day dreaming etc. One fine day in her apartment she accidentally finds a small box full of toys and photographs probably hidden by some old occupant. Amélie decides to find the owner and return the box back She also decides if the owner is moved by her gesture, she will continue to be a good Samaritan else its too bad. Seeing the owner of the box being moved on finding his childhood treasure, Amélie decides to do good to people around her and from that juncture, her life changes forever. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet sketches a beautiful portrait of Amélie and people around her with a unique and endering style which is a blend of small subplots, clever humor, superb characterization, funny narration and brilliant visuals. Performances, Photography, Screenplay, Sound, Editing and Costumes are exceptionally good. This movie was nominated for five academy awards. It is a movie not to be missed.

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