An eccentric wallflower finds her soul mate in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's aggressively sunny romance, which was a huge hit in its native France. Amelie Poulain (Flora Guiet) was destined to be a lonely dreamer: Her overprotective parents isolated her from the world, her neurotic mother (Lorella Cravotta) was killed in a bizarre accident and even her beloved goldfish was suicidal, repeatedly leaping from its bowl. As a shy young woman, the gamine Amelie (Audrey Tautou) lives in the funky Paris neighborhood of Montmartre and waits tables at the cafe Les Deux Moulins. Disappointed by her first forays into the world of dating, Amelie devotes herself to cultivating life's small...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
120 mins