Amélie (2001)
Coming Out at 25 April 2001 in theaters.
“Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain”
Comedy, Romance
Amélie is romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story of a shy waitress, played by Audrey Tautou, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better while struggling with her own isolation. The film was a co-production between companies in France and Germany. Taking in over $33 million in a limited theatrical release, it is to date the highest-grossing French-language film released in the United States, and one of the biggest international successes for a French movie.
The film received critical acclaim and was a major box office success. Amélie won Best Film at the European Film Awards; it also won four César Awards in 2002 (including Best Film and Best Director), two BAFTA Awards (including Best Original Screenplay), and was nominated for five Academy Awards.
Amélie Poulain is born in June 1974 and brought up by eccentric parents who – incorrectly believing that she has a heart defect – decide to home-school 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 (Rufus) 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 and cracking crème brûlée with a spoon.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writers: Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Clotilde Mollet
Cast:
| Audrey Tautou | … | Amélie Poulain |
| Mathieu Kassovitz | … | Nino Quincampoix |
| Rufus | … | Raphaël Poulain |
| Lorella Cravotta | … | Amandine Poulain |
| Serge Merlin | … | Raymond Dufayel |
| Jamel Debbouze | … | Lucien |
| Clotilde Mollet | … | Gina |
| Claire Maurier | … | Madame Suzanne – la patronne du café |
| Isabelle Nanty | … | Georgette |
| Dominique Pinon | … | Joseph |
| Artus de Penguern | … | Hipolito |
| Yolande Moreau | … | Madeleine Wallace |
| Urbain Cancelier | … | Collignon |
| Maurice Bénichou | … | Dominique Bretodeau |
| Michel Robin | … | Mr. Collignon |
| Andrée Damant | … | Mrs. Collignon |
| Claude Perron | … | Eva |
| Armelle | … | Philomène |
| Ticky Holgado | … | L’homme dans la photo |
| Kevin Dias | … | Bretodeau enfant |
| Flora Guiet | … | Amélie enfant |
| Amaury Babault | … | Nino enfant |
| André Dussollier | … | Narrator / Récitant (voice) |
| Eugène Berthier | … | Eugène Koler |
| Marion Pressburger | … | Petites mains du générique |
| Charles-Roger Bour | … | L’homme à la vespasienne |
| Luc Palun | … | L’épicier d’Amandine |
| Fabienne Chaudat | … | La femme dans le coma |
| Dominique Bettenfeld | … | Le voisin d’Amélie |
| Jacques Viala | … | Le client qui humilie son ami |
| Fabien Béhar | … | Le client humilié |
| Jonathan Joss | … | Le fils du client humilié |
| Jean-Pierre Becker | … | Le clochard |
| Jean Darie | … | L’aveugle |
| Thierry Gibault | … | Le client aux endives |
| François Bercovici | … | Son copain |
| Franck Monier | … | Dominique Bredoteau jeune |
| Guillaume Viry | … | Le S.D.F. |
| Valérie Zarrouk | … | Dominique Bredoteau femme |
| Marie-Laure Descoureaux | … | La concierge du mort |
| Sophie Tellier | … | La Tante Josette |
| Gérald Weingand | … | L’instituteur |
| François Viaur | … | Le patron du bistrot |
| Paule Daré | … | Son employée |
| Marc Amyot | … | L’inconnu des photomatons |
| Myriam Labbé | … | La cliente du tabac |
| Jean Rupert | … | L’opéré des cloisons nasales |
| Frankie Pain | … | La marchande de journaux |
| Julianna Kovacs | … | Une cliente de l’épicerie |
| Philippe Paimblanc | … | Le contrôleur du train |
| Mady Malroux | … | Les jumelles |
| Monette Malroux | … | Les jumelles |
| Robert Gendreu | … | Le client du café |
| Valériane de Villeneuve | … | La femme qui rit |
| Isis Peyrade | … | Samantha |
| Raymonde Heudeline | … | La caissière du train fantôme |
| Christiane Bopp | … | La femme près du manège |
| Thierry Arfeuillères | … | L’homme statue |
| Jerry Lucas | … | Le petit garçon du Sacré-Coeur |
| Patrick Paroux | … | Le souffleur de rue |
| François Aubineau | … | Le facteur de la concierge |
| Philippe Beautier | … | Le facteur de Poulain |
| Karine Asure | … | La jolie fille du rendez-vous |
| Régis Iacono | … | Félix L’Herbier |
| Franck-Olivier Bonnet | … | Palace Video (voice) |
| Alain Floret | … | Le mari de la concierge (voice) |
| Jean-Pol Brissart | … | Jacques Grosjean (voice) |
| Frédéric Mitterrand | … | (voice) |
| Dean Baykan | … | |
| Joan Bennett | … | Ellie Banks (archive footage) |
| Clément Chebli | … | |
| Laurent Delpit | … | L’homme de Montmartre |
| Rudy Galindo | … | (archive footage) |
| Eloïse Labro | … | |
| Jean-Michel Larqué | … | (voice) (archive footage) |
| Manoush | … | Nymphomaniac |
| Federico Martín Bahamontes | … | (archive footage) |
| Thierry Roland | … | (voice) (archive footage) |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | … | (archive footage) |
| Jacques Thébault | … | Voice-Over (voice) |
| Spencer Tracy | … | Stanley T. Banks (archive footage) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia