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Amélie

Year:
Duration:
122 min
Genres:
Comedy | Romance
IMDB rate:
8.4
Director:
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 55 wins & 57 nominations
Details
Country: France
Release Date: 2002-02-08
Filming Locations: France
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $136,470 (USA) (4 November 2001)
Gross: $33,201,661 (USA) (30 June 2002)
Cast
Actor
Character
Audrey Tautou
Amélie Poulain
Rufus
Raphaël Poulain
Lorella Cravotta
Amandine Poulain
Serge Merlin
Raymond Dufayel
Jamel Debbouze
Lucien
Clotilde Mollet
Gina
Claire Maurier
Madame Suzanne - la patronne du café
Isabelle Nanty
Georgette
Dominique Pinon
Joseph
Artus de Penguern
Hipolito
Yolande Moreau
Madeleine Wallace
Urbain Cancelier
Collignon
Maurice Bénichou
Dominique Bretodeau
Michel Robin
Mr. Collignon
Andrée Damant
Mrs. Collignon
Claude Perron
Eva
Armelle
Philomène
Ticky Holgado
L'homme dans la photo
Kevin Fernandes
Bretodeau enfant
Flora Guiet
Amélie enfant
Amaury Babault
Nino enfant
André Dussollier
Narrator / Récitant (voice)
Eugène Berthier
Eugène Koler
Marion Pressburger
Petites mains du générique
Charles-Roger Bour
L'homme à la vespasienne
Luc Palun
L'épicier d'Amandine
Fabienne Chaudat
La femme dans le coma
Dominique Bettenfeld
Le voisin d'Amélie
Jacques Viala
Le client qui humilie son ami
Fabien Béhar
Le client humilié
Jonathan Joss
Le fils du client humilié
Jean-Pierre Becker
Le clochard
Jean Darie
L'aveugle
Thierry Gibault
Le client aux endives
François Bercovici
Son copain
Franck Monier
Dominique Bredoteau jeune
Guillaume Viry
Le S.D.F.
Valérie Zarrouk
Dominique Bredoteau femme
Marie-Laure Descoureaux
La concierge du mort
Sophie Tellier
La Tante Josette
Gérald Weingand
L'instituteur
François Viaur
Le patron du bistrot
Paule Daré
Son employée
Marc Amyot
L'inconnu des photomatons
Myriam Labbé
La cliente du tabac
Jean Rupert
L'opéré des cloisons nasales
Frankie Pain
La marchande de journaux
Julianna Kovacs
Une cliente de l'épicerie
Philippe Paimblanc
Le contrôleur du train
Mady Malroux
Les jumelles
Monette Malroux
Les jumelles
Robert Gendreu
Le client du café
Valériane de Villeneuve
La femme qui rit
Isis Peyrade
Samantha
Raymonde Heudeline
La caissière du train fantôme
Christiane Bopp
La femme près du manège
Thierry Arfeuillères
L'homme statue
Jerry Lucas
Le petit garçon du Sacré-Coeur
Patrick Paroux
Le souffleur de rue
François Aubineau
Le facteur de la concierge
Philippe Beautier
Le facteur de Poulain
Karine Asure
La jolie fille du rendez-vous
Régis Iacono
Félix L'Herbier
Franck-Olivier Bonnet
Palace Video (voice)
Alain Floret
Le mari de la concierge
Jean-Pol Brissart
Jacques Grosjean (voice)
Frédéric Mitterrand
Himself (voice)
Dean Baykan
(uncredited)
Joan Bennett
Ellie Banks
Clément Chebli
(uncredited)
Rudy Galindo
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Valérie Labro
(uncredited)
Jean-Michel Larqué
Himself (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Manoush
Nymphomaniac (uncredited)
Federico Martín Bahamontes
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thierry Roland
Himself (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jacques Thébault
Voice-Over (voice) (uncredited)
Spencer Tracy
Stanley T. Banks
Did you know?
Trivia
Jean-Pierre Jeunet originally wanted Michael Nyman to score the film, but was unable to get him. Someone then gave Jeunet a CD by Yann Tiersen, who composes in a similar minimalist style, but with an extremely quirky, eclectic mix of instruments. Jeunet fell in love with the music and scored the film largely with existing pieces by Tiersen, for which he bought the rights. In addition, Tiersen wrote an original main theme, "La Valse d'Amelie," which was recorded in numerous variations and used throughout the film.
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Nino's last name is "Quincampoix". Quincampoix is also a village about sixty miles northwest of Paris. It's a rare surname even in France, so this is likely not a coincidence: Buried in Quincampoix is the champion cyclist Jacques Anquetil, who for many years was tough competition for Federico Martín Bahamontes - the same Bahamontes whose win of the '59 Tour de France the young Dominique Bretodeau cheers on in the film. (Anquetil placed third in the same race.)
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The main colors in the film (green, yellow and red) are inspired by the paintings of the Brazilian artist Juarez Machado.
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Goofs
The first time Joseph is talking to Georgette at her cigarette stand, parts of her dress are blue, and other parts are color corrected to that sepia effect applied to most of the rest of the scene.
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When Nino is in the cafe, and Amélie writes on the glass, the "d" in "du" changes several times.
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When Nino visits Amélie in the cafe, "Menu du Jour" disappears and reappears on the glass between shots.
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Quotes
Amélie Poulain: She doesn't relate to other people. She was always a lonely child.
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Raymond Dufayel aka Glass Man: So that's the one, there, the guy who raises his hand?
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Madeleine Wallace: Where's the owner?
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Faq
Q
Is this movie based on a novel?
A
Q
When Nino drops his briefcase from the moped, what music is playing?
A
"Quimper 94" by Yann Tiersen (it is not included on the Amelie soundtrack album).
Q
How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
A
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Photos from cast
Mathieu Kassovitz
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