![]() ![]() She’s a reminder that even the smallest act can brighten someone’s day, or change the course of destiny forever. Yes Amélie finds romance and quite possibly her soulmate, but more importantly she finds friendship and connection with the people who orbit her world. There was a bit of Amélie overload 10 years ago (what girl didn’t have the movie poster on her college dorm room wall?), but now that I’ve spent time away, I can appreciate what I loved about this film in the first place. Pour white wine into a glass, then top with Crème de Cassis. While watching Amélie, I recommend drinking a Kir. If the future that awaits me as an unpublished author involves a cute waitress bringing me cocktails in a charming Parisian cafe, consider me lucky. A simple cocktail, Amélie serves it with a smile to the tragic Hipolito, who has embraced his destiny as a failed writer. In celebration of all things French, and my favorite Amélie character, I’ll be mixing a Kir. But it also celebrates the minutia of everyday life, and the interconnectedness of human existence. Amélie is romantic, funny, sentimental, and crowd-pleasing (so… not your typical French film). She lives in a world of imagination, eventually realizing that her fear and insecurities have prevented her from finding her own true love and happiness. Playing match-maker, comedienne, seeing-eye waif, and companion to a brittle-boned painter, she flits in and out of the lives of her Montmartre compatriots like a French Tinkerbell. Additionally, it highlights fabulous French haircuts that as an average American I will never be able to pull off (despite a misguided attempt in 2002).Īmélie is about a kind-hearted, but lonely young woman played by Audrey Tautou (obviously channeling another famous Audrey) who decides to devote her life to helping the people around her. Like an Anthropologie catalog mixed with a dash of Audrey Hepburn and a pinch of Wes Anderson on crystal meth, Amélie depicts Parisians as wonderful, cynical, stylish, romantic creatures. However, in my lifetime, the one film that has made me truly excited about French cinema is the adorable, whimsical Amélie ( DVD/ Download). French cinema has a long and storied history, beginning with the films of the Lumière Bros., George Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon, and continuing on with those sexy intellectual films of The New Wave. This is the perfect lighthearted movie.Cinema Sips is traveling to Paris this week, for a romp around the Montmartre district. In short 'Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain' is charming, funny, romantic bright and full of life. In a way her character is really doing that here so it does not feel strange. She looks like she just pulled a joke and she is waiting for you to find out what it is. She has one of those faces that seem to smile the entire time. In this world, Paris actually, Audrey Tautou is the perfect inhabitant. Even the sad parts from Amélie's life, her youth for example, look almost strangely happy. The movie looks colorful and bright almost constantly. The story is not only sweet and charming, it has some great moments of comedy as well. There is a little mystery in the book as well, of course I will not spoil that for you. He puts all those photos and pieces of photos in a big book. Photos that were tossed away because people thought they didn't look good enough. On the way she falls in love with Nino (Mathieu Kassovitz) who's hobby it is to collect photos from automatic photo booths. She helps her father by making him believe that his gnome from the garden is on a trip around the world, she helps a lonely neighbor by just visiting him, she helps a stranger by returning something she found in her home. Not by doing great big things or giving money, but by little things. We have a wonderful story about Amélie who decides to help people around her, making them happy. ![]() The story about Amélie (Audrey Tautou) is a modern day fairy tale and that is exactly how it looks the entire film. 'Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain' finds its charm in the little things. ![]()
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