Amélie (2001)
| Year | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Melodrama |
| Director | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Country | France |
Paris in Jeunet's vision is not real: a Montmartre cleaned of trash, hyper-green and red colors of Bruno Delbonnel, the faces of passersby like from an old postcard. No realism was promised from the first frame, where the voiceover lists who loves and dislikes what — and this inventory of details sets the entire tone. Waitress Amélie finds a childhood hiding place in the wall, returns it to its owner, and upon seeing the result, quietly begins to fix the lives of those around her: the artist neighbor, the widowed father, the grumpy greengrocer. Her own life turns out worse — falling in love, she creates a quest around the guy instead of having a conversation, and half of the film is about how cowardice pretends to be a game. Audrey Tautou played it so that the image became permanently attached to her. The accordions and piano of Yann Tiersen contributed to the success as much as the direction. A film that irritates many with its sweetness — and still remains one of the most beloved French films.
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