Therefore, a voice that knows the lives of the characters well and invites you to discover them through their peculiarities. Likewise, there’s an omniscient narrator. Thus, Jeunet introduces the heroine as the only daughter of a married couple that didn’t pay attention to her. In fact, viewers get to watch a rather dark past and a lonely childhood, although with comic overtones, just as it happens with most heroes. Amélie is creative and original, so the film set a precedent.Īs it usually happens in stories and in the most archetypal construction of the hero, Amélie is presented from the beginning. Above all, there lies a somewhat peculiar yet captivating love story. The strange and the common merrily merge.
The beauty of the photography and attention to detail welcome you to a modern fairy tale. A character who, as the promotional posters for the film point out, is there to change people’s lives. Who can forget the soundtrack by Yann Tiersen? Or the garden gnomes, the Saint-Martin canal, and the café where Amélie works? They’re all memorable to the audience.Īmélie is an endearing and bizarre character who stole everyone’s heart at the beginning of the millennium. It’s charming and has an unmistakable personality overall. Jean-Pierre Jeunet gave the world a truly unusual romantic comedy. In fact, fans of the film go there year after year in order to see the film locations.
It’s sort of a myth in the French capital. Since its premiere in 2001, Amélie has been on the rise as an icon of French cinema.
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