Word: poulain
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...goes without saying that Amélie has a firm grasp of the absurd. We meet Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) through a voiced-over recap of her likes and dislikes; the former category includes dipping her hand in barrels of grain and cracking the fine crust of a crème brûlée with a teaspoon. Home-schooled by neurotic, hugging-averse parents, she grows up painfully shy and enclosed in her own fantasy world. Unfortunately, her adult life doesn’t seem much better. She works as a waitress in a quintessentially Parisian...
...Amelie Poulain isn't a witch, but the situations she conjures up are magical. Dead men write soothing letters to heart-broken wives they abandoned long ago. Abducted garden gnomes send photos of their world travels to calm distraught owners. Callous men weep with rediscovered emotion when long-lost childhood treasures materialize from nowhere. Even guardian angels who repair the fatal mishaps of their wards learn to nurture hopes and loves of their...
...Such is the enchanting world of Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain), a Parisian fairy tale generating ecstatic reviews. Last week, the film ended its second week in theaters as France's box office leader with over 2 million tickets sold more than double American rival The Mexican, with Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt. Filmgoers are being charmed by Amélie's gentle quirkiness and its evident fondness for Paris' Montmartre area. Currently limited to theaters in France and Belgium, the film will soon roll out internationally under...
...addition to Jeunet's deft touch behind the camera, Amélie Poulain benefits from an appealing cast. Audrey Tautou, who won the César-France's top film award-for best new actress last year, gives a heart-melting performance as Amélie. Mathieu Kassovitz, writer and director of the acclaimed 1995 film La Haine, is also disarming as the wholesome sex shop cashier who steals Amélie's heart-and challenges her to tend to her own happiness as well as others'. If, like his heroine, Jeunet gets a kick out of making people feel...