Word: tautou
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...actress to play Mathilde. Both were answered through Amélie. That film’s success gave Jeunet the recognition needed to gain the approval of Warner Brothers, who held the rights to Japrisot’s book. Amélie’s pixie-like star Audrey Tautou answered his need for a Mathilde...
...It’s Mathilde!” exclaims Jeunet recounting his thoughts when he first met Tautou...
...praise of Tautou is explosive in its enthusiasm. “For me, she is a perfect actress, able to make everything—comedy, drama,” says Jeunet, “She is perfect...
...just after World War I, and a young woman named Mathilde (Amelie pixie Audrey Tautou) discovers her soldier fiancée, Manech (Gaspard Ulliel), has been sentenced to death for self-mutilation. Rather than being executed, Manech and his codefendants were sent by their commanding officer out of their trench to face certain death during a battle with the Germans...
...story is simple enough. An innocent soldier, Manech (Gaspard Ulliel), has been exiled to no-man's-land by his superiors and is presumed dead. His fianc--lovely, crippled Mathilde (Amlie's Audrey Tautou)--does all she can to find him. It's a fable of the noblest obsession, reflected in Tautou's poignant brown eyes. But it's just a part of Jeunet's grand, sad and comic panorama, which wants you to know everything about every character...