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Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulin
The wondrous destiny of Amelie Poulin
Synopsis
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Amélie, a waitress in a bar in Montmartre, in the
northern part of Paris, spends her time observing people and letting her
lively imagination roam. Her goal: improve the lot of the people
around her by intervening in their lives without their
knowledge. She meets Nino, a strange fellow,
who also pursues a bizarre goal. He works in a sex-shop, but spends his free time collecting
rejected I.D. pictures taken in photo machines in train stations.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet creates a world of vivid
imagination, color, movement and romance in a film that became a sensation in France and charmed audiences
around the world.
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Director
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Main Actors
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Audrey Tautou, Matthieu
Kassovitz |
Year
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2001 |
Awards
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Cesar Award for Best Film, Director, Music and Production
Design. |
Length
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122 min |
Related Websites
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Painting by Renoir: The
Boatsmen's Luncheon
Official
'Amelie' Website in French
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Discussion
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 | Describe some of the fast vignettes used to
illustrate Amelie's childhood. |
| Name two or three traits of character of Amelie. |
| Name two or three traits of character of Nino. |
| What do they have in common? Why are they attracted
to each other? |
| Why are special effects used in the movie? What
special effects? |
| What does Amelie do to punish (and reform) Collignon, the owner of the grocery store? |
| What does the painter do to help Lucien, the
employee at the grocery store? |
| What does the painter do to help Amelie? |
| What role does the painting by Renoir play in the
movie? |
| Describe the Parisian characters in and around the
Montmartre café: Suzanne, Gina, Joseph, the woman in the newspaper
kiosk.
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