Amélie
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
2001
- Director:
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Studio:
- Claudie Ossard Productions, UGC, Victoires Productions, Tapioca Films, France 3 Cinéma, Sofica Sofinergie 5
- Starring:
- Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta
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Amélie Poulain is born in 1974 and brought up by eccentric parents who – incorrectly believing that she has a heart defect – decide to homeschool her. To cope with her loneliness, Amélie develops an active imagination and a mischievous personality. When Amélie is six, her mother, Amandine, is killed when a suicidal Canadian tourist jumps from the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris and lands on her. As a result, her father, Raphaël, withdraws more and more from society. Amélie leaves home at the age of 18 and becomes a waitress at the Café des 2 Moulins in Montmartre, which is staffed and frequented by a collection of eccentrics. She is single and lets her imagination roam freely, finding contentment in simple pleasures like dipping her hand into grain sacks, cracking crème brûlée with a spoon, and skipping stones along the Canal Saint-Martin.