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Word: ninoã (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
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...this work, she runs across Nino Quincampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz), an adult bookstore employee and carnival worker who spends his free time collecting and arranging discarded pictures from instant-photo booths in train stations. She realizes that one last life needs improving—her own—and returning Nino??€™s lost photo album provides the perfect opportunity for a coy game of girl-chases-boy. This cheerful innocence springs chiefly from Amélie’s adorable impishness, which Tautou conveys almost effortlessly. The slightest smile and the most imperceptible raise of an eyebrow convey...

Author: By Thomas J. Clarke, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Matchmaker, Matchmaker | 11/2/2001 | See Source »

Kassovitz does the same for his role, helping Nino??€™s earnest charm overshadow his seedy lifestyle. In fact, Nino is often the film’s most likeable character; for all of Amélie’s shy allure, she seems aggravatingly out of touch with the reality around her. The large supporting cast is just as stellar, providing a neighborhood full of eccentric foils for Amélie’s do-gooding. Urbain Cancelier and Jamel Debbouze are particularly amusing as the domineering greengrocer and his meticulous assistant, whose neatly arranged stand doubles...

Author: By Thomas J. Clarke, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Matchmaker, Matchmaker | 11/2/2001 | See Source »

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