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Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain

2009-04-21



Title: Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain
English Title: Amelie from Montmartre
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Written by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant
Year: 2001

Occasionally, I watch a film that is beautiful, and sometimes I find those that are masterfully directed, have interesting stories or stars good actors. I very seldom come across films that have all these things at once, but Amelie from Montmartre has certainly got it right in almost every regard.

This is the story of the lonely and shy Amelie, who works as a waitress, but decides to help people change their lives to the better. She does everything she can to bring this about, and most often than not, she succeed. However, she always neglects herself and even though she can help others, she is unable to help herself.

As I said in the first sentence, there are many reasons why this movie deserves such a high grade, but the most important one is probably the way the story is told. It is difficult to explain, but the director uses a lot of unconventional techniques, not missing a single opportunity to promote the overall feeling of happiness that permeates the whole story. As an example, let me take Amelie’s neighbour with fragile bones, who paints the same picture every year, but never can get the girl with the glass of water correctly. Even though they are speaking about the picture, it is obvious that most of what they say also refers to Amelie herself. There are numerous such techniques that impress me deeply.

Apart from this brilliance, there’s nothing seriously wrong with this movie; all parts are satisfactory in some way. For me, it’s also nice to see a film in French, which was a long time ago now, and even though I only understand the general meaning of the dialogues if I don’t watch the subtitles, it’s still nice. In short, Amelie from Montmartre is great and there is no reason whatsoever you shouldn’t see it immediately if you haven’t already!

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  1. Martin’s avatar

    Martin on 2009-04-21 at 19:38

    Ja, du har helt rätt. Det här är en av de bästa filmerna jag vet, just eftersom den lyckas så fantastiskt bra på allting. Den är vacker, den är välspelad och den är kanske framförallt oändligt bra berättad.

    Obligatorisk länk till min urgamla recension.

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  2. Xhakhal’s avatar

    Xhakhal on 2009-04-21 at 23:41

    Amelie kvalar in på min lista av filmer som i stort sett är -felfria-. Jag kan inte komma på något stort -fel- med den, men ändå är det någonting som saknas för att jag ska tycka att det är en film värd att se flera gånger, eller värd att lovprisa… på sätt och vis känns det som en film som skriver textböckerna, men som inte står ut i övrigt.

    Kanske känns den bara lite smått pretentiös i sitt berättande, men jag har i ärlighetens namn lite svårt att sätta fingret på vad det är som gör att jag inte tycker så mycket om den.

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  4. Olle Linge’s avatar

    Olle Linge on 2009-04-22 at 00:39

    Jag tänkte ungefär likadant. Jag hade satt det preliminära betyget 4,5 och tänkte sedan efter varför jag inte satte fem. Jag kunde inte komma någonting som inte vara fenomenalt bra, vilket fick mig att höja till fem.

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