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Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Yolande Moreau (View All)
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Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Yolande Moreau
One woman decides to change the world by changing the lives of the people she knows in this charming and romantic comic fantasy from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Amelie (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who had a decidedly unusual childhood; misdiagnosed with an unusual heart condition, Amelie didn't attend school with other children, but spent most of her time in her room, where she developed a keen imagination and an active fantasy life. Her mother Amandine (Lorella Cravotta) died in a freak accident when Amelie was eight, and her father Raphael (Rufus) had limited contact with her, since his presence seemed to throw her heart into high gear. Despite all this, Amelie has grown into a healthy and beautiful young woman who works in a cafe and has a whimsical, romantic nature. When Princess Diana dies in a car wreck in the summer of 1997, Amelie is reminded that life can be fleeting and she decides it's time for her to intervene in the lives of those around her, hoping to bring a bit of happiness to her neighbors and the regulars at the cafe. Amelie starts by bringing together two lonely people -- Georgette (Isabelle Nanty), a tobacconist with a severe case of hypochondria, and Joseph (Dominique Pinon), an especially ill-tempered customer. When Amelie finds a box of old toys in her apartment, she returns them to their former owner, Mr. Bretodeau (Maurice Benichou), sending him on a reverie of childhood. Amelie befriends Dufayel (Serge Merlin), an elderly artist living nearby whose bones are so brittle, thanks to a rare disease, that everything in his flat must be padded for his protection. And Amelie decides someone has to step into the life of Nino (Mathieu Kassovitz), a lonely adult video store clerk and part-time carnival spook-show ghost who collects pictures left behind at photo booths around Paris. Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain received unusually enthusiastic advance reviews prior to its French premiere in the spring of 2001, and was well received at a special free screening at that year's Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
11/2/01
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
121 mins. (V)
Locations
- Paris, France
Language
- French
Box Office Total
$33,201,661
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 2001 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2001 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best European Director award at the 2001 European Film Academy [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Foreign Film award at the 2001 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction award at the 2001 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Production Design award at the 2001 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2001 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best European Film award at the 2001 European Film Academy [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture [Runner-up] award at the 2001 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film award at the 2001 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Most Promising Performer award at the 2001 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editor award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Music award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 2001 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Film Music award at the 2001 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best European Cinematographer award at the 2001 European Film Academy [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director [Runner-up] award at the 2001 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film award at the 2001 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best European Actress award at the 2001 European Film Academy [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2001 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2001 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film award at the 2001 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2001 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2001 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2001 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2001 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 2001 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 2001 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 2001 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- Miramax
- Miramax Zoe
