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Amélie
(Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain)

Original French theatrical poster
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Produced by Jean-Marc Deschamps
Claudie Ossard
Written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (scenario)
Guillaume Laurant (dialogue)
Narrated by André Dussollier
Starring Audrey Tautou
Mathieu Kassovitz
Rufus
Claire Maurier
Isabelle Nanty
Dominique Pinon
Serge Merlin
Jamel Debbouze
Arthus de Pengerne
Maurice Bénichou
Music by Yann Tiersen
Cinematography Bruno Delbonnel
Editing by Hervé Schneid
Distributed by UGC (France)
Miramax Films (USA)[1]
Release date(s) April 25, 2001 (France)
October 5, 2001 (UK)
November 16, 2001 (USA)
December 21, 2001 (Australia)
Running time 122 min. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953) is a French Film director. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953) is a French Film director. André Dussollier (born February 17, 1946) is a French Actor. Audrey Justine Tautou ( born 9 August, either in 1976 or 1978, is a French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing Mathieu Kassovitz (born 3 April 1967 is a French director, Screenwriter, producer and Actor, and is considered one of contemporary Rufus is the Stage name of French actor Jacques Narcy, b December 19, 1942 in Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France Isabelle Nanty is a French Actress, born on January 21 1962. She played the part of Georgette in the 2001 French film Le Fabuleux Dominique Pinon (born 4 March 1955) is a French Actor whose most famous roles have been in the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Jamel Debbouze ( جمال دبّوز) (born June 18, 1975 in Paris) is a French Actor, Comedian and producer Maurice Bénichou (born January 23 1943 is a French actor He appeared in Amélie and Caché (also known as Hidden) Guillaume Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer known internationally for composing the score to the Jean-Pierre Bruno Delbonnel (born 1957 in Nancy) is an Academy Award -nominated and multiple award-winning French cinematographer. UGC is the largest cinema operator in Europe with as of August 2005 49 sites and 553 screens across four countries France: 37 cinemas 357 screens Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
Country France/Germany
Language French
Budget €11,400,000[1]
Gross revenue $173,921,954 (worldwide)
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Amélie is a 2001 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953) is a French Film director. Audrey Justine Tautou ( born 9 August, either in 1976 or 1978, is a French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing Its original French title is Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain ("The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain"; poulain is French for foal). A foal is a Horse that is one year old or younger More specific terms are colt for a Male foal and Filly for a Female foal Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical and somewhat idealised depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Montmartre is a hill (the butte Montmartre) which is 130 metres high giving its name to the surrounding district in the north of Paris in the 18th It tells the story of a shy waitress who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better, while struggling with her own isolation.

Amélie won best film at the European Film Awards; it won four César Awards (including Best Film and Best Director), two BAFTA Awards (including Best Original Screenplay), and was nominated for five Academy Awards. The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The César Award for best picture winners Winners of the César Award in French film for best director 1976: Bertrand Tavernier: Que la fête commence 55th BAFTA Awards "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. (See below for other awards and recognition. )

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Plot

Amélie is the story of Amélie Poulain, a girl who grows up isolated from other children. Raphaël, her taciturn, antisocial ex-Army doctor father, mistakenly believes that she suffers from a heart condition (a mistake, in fact, resulting from the increase in her heartbeat caused by the rare thrill of physical contact with her father, who only ever touches her during medical check-ups). Her mother Amandine, a neurotic schoolteacher with shaky nerves, sees to Amélie's education. Amandine dies when Amélie is young, the victim of a freak accident involving a suicidal Québécois woman who throws herself off the top of Notre Dame Cathedral and lands on Amélie's mother. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk NotreDameFlyingButtressjpg|right|thumb|250px|Notre Dame de Paris Flying Buttress]] Notre Dame de Paris is a Gothic Cathedral on the eastern half of the Raphaël withdraws even further as a result, and devotes his life to building a rather eccentric shrine in the garden in Amandine's memory, which houses her ashes. Left to amuse herself, Amélie develops an unusually active imagination.

When she grows up, Amélie becomes a waitress in a small Montmartre café, The Two Windmills, run by a former circus performer. Montmartre is a hill (the butte Montmartre) which is 130 metres high giving its name to the surrounding district in the north of Paris in the 18th The Two Windmills (French Les Deux Moulins) is a café in the Montmartre area of Paris. A circus is most commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, Clowns trained animals trapeze acts Hoopers, tightrope walkers The café is staffed and frequented by a gang of eccentrics. By age 22, life for Amélie is simple; having spurned romantic relationships following a few failed efforts, she has devoted herself to simple pleasures, such as dipping her hand into sacks of grain, cracking crème brûlée with a teaspoon, skipping stones across St. Martin's Canal, trying to guess how many couples in Paris are having an orgasm at one moment ("Fifteen!", she informs the camera correctly), and letting her imagination roam free. Crème brûlée (or Crème brulée in L'Orthographie 1990) ( French for "burnt cream" ˌkrɛm bruːˈleɪ in English, kʁɛm bʁyˈle A teaspoon is a small Spoon, or a spoon used in measuring commonly used to stir the contents of a cup of Tea or Coffee. Stone skipping is a pastime which involves throwing a stone with a flattened surface across a Lake or other body of water in such a way that it bounces off the surface Canal Saint-Martin is a 45km long Canal in Paris, France. Geography It stretches from the Square Frédérick Lemaître Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city An orgasm (sexual climax is the conclusion of the plateau phase of the sexual response cycle, and may be experienced by both males and females

L'épicerie of Monsieur Collignon, Rue des Trois Frères, Paris, used as a film location
L'épicerie of Monsieur Collignon, Rue des Trois Frères, Paris, used as a film location

Her life begins to change on the day that Princess Diana dies. After hearing the news of her death on television, Amelie drops her perfume bottle cap, knocking loose a bathroom wall tile. On 31 August 1997, Diana Princess of Wales died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road Behind the loose tile she finds an old metal box of childhood memorabilia hidden by a boy who lived in her apartment decades ago. Fascinated by the find, she resolves to track down the now-grown man who put it there and return it to him, making a deal with herself in the process: if she finds him and it makes him happy, she will devote her life to bringing happiness to others.

She meets her reclusive neighbour, Raymond Dufayel, a painter who continually repaints Luncheon of the Boating Party (Le Déjeuner des canotiers) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Luncheon of the Boating Party ( 1881, French Le déjeuner des canotiers) is a Painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( February 25, 1841 &ndash December 3, 1919) was a French Artist who was a leading painter in He is known as 'the Glass Man' because of his brittle bone condition. Osteogenesis imperfecta ( OI and sometimes known as Brittle Bone Disease) is a genetic bone disorder With his help, she tracks the former occupant down, and places the box in a phone booth, ringing the number as he passes to lure him there. Upon opening the box, the man, moved to tears, has an epiphany as long-forgotten childhood memories come flooding back. An epiphany is the sudden realization or comprehension of the (larger essence or meaning of something She trails him to a nearby bar and observes him secretly. On seeing the positive effect she had on him, she resolves from that moment on to do good in the lives of others.


Amélie becomes a secret matchmaker and guardian angel, executing complex but hidden schemes impacting the lives of those around her with subtle, arm's-length manipulation, leading to several sub plots and episodes. Matchmaking is any process of introducing people for the purposes of Dating and Mating, usually in the context of Marriage. She escorts a blind man to the Metro station, giving him a rich description of the street scenes he passes. She persuades her father to follow his dream of touring the world by stealing his garden gnome and having an air-hostess friend send pictures of it from all over the world. She matches a co-worker with one of the customers in the bar. She convinces the unhappy concierge of her building that the husband who abandoned her had in fact sent her a final love letter just before his death. She supports Lucien, the young man who works for Mr. Collignon, the bullying owner of the neighbourhood green grocer. By playing practical jokes on Collignon she undermines his confidence until he questions his own sanity. A practical joke or prank is a stunt or trick to purposely make someone feel foolish or victimized usually for humor

However, while she is looking after others, Mr Dufayel is observing her and begins a conversation with her about his painting. He has repeatedly painted the same piece because he cannot quite capture the excluded look of the girl drinking a glass of water. They repeatedly discuss the meaning of this character and although it is never explicitly said, she comes to represent Amélie and her lonely life. Through their discussions Amélie is forced to examine her own life and her attraction to a stranger, a quirky young man who collects the discarded photographs of strangers from passport photo booths, with whom she has never spoken. She begins to observe him from a distance and is on the scene to pick up his photo album when he drops it in the street. She discovers his name is Nino Quincampoix, and she plays a cat and mouse game with him around Paris before eventually anonymously returning his treasured album; however, she is too shy to actually approach him, and almost loses hope when, having finally attempted to orchestrate a proper meeting, she misinterprets events when he enters into a conversation with one of her co-workers. It takes Raymond Dufayel's insightful friendship to give her the courage to overcome her shyness and finally meet with Nino, and the two begin a relationship.

Cast

The Two Windmills cafe in Montmartre, used as a film location
The Two Windmills cafe in Montmartre, used as a film location
Le déjeuner des canotiers by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The girl drinking the glass of water in the centre of the picture comes to represent Amélie
Le déjeuner des canotiers by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Ticky Holgado, pseudonym of Joseph Holgado, ( Toulouse, June 24 1944 - Paris, January 22 2004 was a French Actor and a frequent André Dussollier (born February 17, 1946) is a French Actor. Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( February 25, 1841 &ndash December 3, 1919) was a French Artist who was a leading painter in The girl drinking the glass of water in the centre of the picture comes to represent Amélie

Production

In his commentary on the DVD edition, Jeunet explains that he originally wrote the role of Amélie for the British actress Emily Watson; in the original draft, Amélie's father was an Englishman living in London. Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated Screen Actors Guild Award -winning English London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. However, Watson's French was not strong, and when she became unavailable to shoot the film, owing to a conflict with the filming of Gosford Park, Jeunet rewrote the screenplay for a French actress. Gosford Park is a 2001 film directed by Robert Altman. The Screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, based on an idea by Altman and producer Audrey Tautou was the first actress he auditioned. Audrey Justine Tautou ( born 9 August, either in 1976 or 1978, is a French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing

The filmmakers made use of computer-generated imagery and a digital intermediate. Computer animation Computer-generated imagery (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of Computer graphics or more specifically 3D computer graphics Digital intermediate (often abbreviated as DI) describes the process of digitizing a Motion picture and manipulating color and other image characteristics to change [2]

The studio scenes were filmed in the Coloneum Studio in Cologne (Germany). Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

Distribution and responses

The film was released in France, Belgium, and French-speaking western Switzerland in April 2001, with subsequent screenings at various film festivals followed by releases around the world. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The Linguistic geography of Switzerland is on the main tripartite with the Swiss German region ( Deutschschweiz) in the northeast A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of Films in one or more Movie theaters or screening venues It received limited releases in North America, the UK and Australasia later in 2001. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Australasia is a Region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and neighbouring Islands in the Pacific

Racism accusation

Lucien (Jamel Debbouze)
Lucien (Jamel Debbouze)

The film was a critical and commercial success, but it was attacked by critic Serge Kaganski of les Inrockuptibles for its depiction of a largely unrealistic and picturesque vision of contemporary French society, a postcard universe of a bygone France with few people from ethnic minorities. Jamel Debbouze ( جمال دبّوز) (born June 18, 1975 in Paris) is a French Actor, Comedian and producer Les Inrockuptibles is a French Art criticism Magazine. Started as a monthly magazine in 1986, it became weekly in 1995. A society is a Population of Humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive Culture and Institutions This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. If the director was trying to create an idyllic vision of a perfect Paris, Kaganski argued, he seemed to think that it was necessary to remove nearly all black people from the scene in order to do so. [3] Jeunet dismissed such criticism by pointing out both that the photo collection contains pictures of many different people from numerous ethnic backgrounds, and that Jamel Debbouze, who plays Lucien, is of North African descent. Jamel Debbouze ( جمال دبّوز) (born June 18, 1975 in Paris) is a French Actor, Comedian and producer

Cannes rejection

Cannes Film Festival selector Gilles Jacob described Amélie as "uninteresting", and therefore it was not screened at the festival, although the version he viewed was an early cut without music. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The absence of Amélie at the festival caused something of a controversy because of the warm welcome by the French media and audience in contrast with the reaction of the selector. [4]

Awards

The film was a critical and box office success, gaining wide play internationally as well. It was nominated for five Academy Awards:

In 2001 it won several awards at the European Film Awards, including the Best Film award. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. Aline Bonetto is a French Production designer and Set decorator. Marie-Laure Valla is a French Set dresser and Set decorator. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for her work in The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture. Bruno Delbonnel (born 1957 in Nancy) is an Academy Award -nominated and multiple award-winning French cinematographer. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars handed out annually by the U The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953) is a French Film director. The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic Sound mixing or recording The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements

It also won the People's Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Crystal Globe Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The Toronto International Film Festival ( TIFF) is a publicly-attended Film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Crystal Globe is the main Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival first given out in the city of The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a Film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad Czech Republic.

In 2002, in France, it won the César Award for:

The film was selected by The New York Times as one of "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made. The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The César Award for best picture winners Winners of the César Award in French film for best director 1976: Bertrand Tavernier: Que la fête commence Winners of the César Award for Best Music written for film (before 2000 it was called the "César Award for Best Music": 2008 Alex Beaupain The winners of the César Award for best Production Design are 1976 Pierre Guffroy: Que la fête commence 1977 Alexandre "[5]

In 2006, the film came second in a national poll of Australia's favourite films, conduced by television station ABC TV. [6]

Although not an award from the film-industry, a recently discovered new species of frog was named as Cochranella amelie in honor of the movie Amelie. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. This article is about the block cipher algorithm For the ultrafast laser pulse measurement technique see Frequency-resolved optical gating. Cochranella is a genus of Glass frogs characterized by lacking humeral spines in males and having a lobed liver [7] A significant honor in the academic world, the scientist that described the new species stated: "The name of this new species of Glassfrog is for Amelie, protagonist of the extraordinary movie “Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain”; a movie where little details play an important role in the achievement of joie de vivre; like the important role that Glassfrogs and all amphibians and reptiles play in the health of our planet". Glass frog (or Glassfrogs) is the common/popular name for the Frogs of the Amphibian family Centrolenidae ( order [8] This new species was described in the scientific journal Zootaxa ([1]) in an article entitled "An enigmatic new species of Glassfrog (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) from the Amazonian Andean slopes of Ecuador" ([2])

Artwork featured

Film clips used

The film featured film or video clips from the following:

Soundtrack

Main article: Amélie (soundtrack)
Also See: Yann Tiersen

Track listing

Translation differences

In the English subtitled version, the concierge, Madeleine Wallace, is renamed Madeleine Wells in order to maintain a joke in the screenplay: in the original French, she mentions that she is destined to cry because her name is Madeleine, and goes on to refer to the French expression "pleurer comme une Madeleine" (a reference to the tears cried by Mary Magdalen). Amélie is the Soundtrack or original score to the French Academy Award - and Golden Globe -nominated Motion picture Guillaume Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer known internationally for composing the score to the Jean-Pierre Saint Mary Magdalen or Mary Magdalene is described both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted Her surname, Wallace, is compared with the Wallace fountains of Paris, continuing the crying theme. Wallace fountains are public drinking fountains that appear in the form of small cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris, France. The English version retains the mention of Mary Magdalen but alters the joke with the surname by comparing Wells to water wells. In the English subtitled version, the concierge, Madeleine Wallace, remarks that her husband ran off to Panama. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. However, in the original French version, her husband runs off to the Pampas. Laguna de Gomezjpg|thumb|left|240px|Lake Gomez near Junín in the heart of the Pampas grain belt

In the Region 1 English subtitled DVD when Amélie orders Nino to look at 'page 51' of his scrapbook, the subtitle erroneously reads 'Page St. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played ' This mistake does not appear on U. S. television sets programmed to display closed captioning. Closed captioning is a term describing several systems developed to display text on a Television or Video screen to provide additional or interpretive

In the Region 1 English subtitles, Amelie says "But I hate it in old movies, when drivers don't watch the road"; but the French dialogue in fact means "But I hate it in old American films when the drivers don't watch the road. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played " This distinction, however, remains in the Region 2 English subtitling. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played

Influences

The film has inspired many lesser-recognized works in the years following its release, including:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ http://www.variety.com/ac2005_article/VR1117915901?nav=lenser&categoryid=1804
  3. ^ Film Comment
  4. ^ Jean-Pierre Jeunet | The A.V. Club
  5. ^ The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made - Reviews - Movies - New York Times
  6. ^ My Favourite Film - Your Top Ten
  7. ^ Noticias Biodiversidad / Biodiversity News: Cochranella amelie sp. nov
  8. ^ zt01572p082.fm
  9. ^ FolkStreams » Born for Hard Luck
  10. ^ AtomFilms: Seventeen Seconds to Sophie
  11. ^ http://www.bcvideo.com/fmom20.html (entire 56-second film is downloadable)

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