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Amélie ()

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (original title)
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Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.

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  • Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 59 wins & 69 nominations.
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Amélie Poulain
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Nino Quincampoix
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Raphaël Poulain
Lorella Cravotta ...
Amandine Poulain
Serge Merlin ...
Raymond Dufayel
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Lucien
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Gina
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Madame Suzanne - la patronne du café
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Georgette
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Joseph
Artus de Penguern ...
Hipolito
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Madeleine Wallace
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Collignon
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Dominique Bretodeau
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Mr. Collignon
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Mrs. Collignon
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Eva
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Philomène
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L'homme dans la photo
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Bretodeau enfant (as Kevin Fernandes)
Flora Guiet ...
Amélie enfant
Amaury Babault ...
Nino enfant
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Narrator / Récitant (voice)
Eugène Berthier ...
Eugène Koler
Marion Pressburger ...
Petites mains du générique
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L'homme à la vespasienne
Luc Palun ...
L'épicier d'Amandine
Fabienne Chaudat ...
La femme dans le coma
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Le voisin d'Amélie
Jacques Viala ...
Le client qui humilie son ami
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Le client humilié
Jonathan Joss ...
Le fils du client humilié
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Le clochard
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L'aveugle
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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
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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
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La marchande de journaux (as Franckie Pain)
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
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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
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Le souffleur de rue
François Aubineau ...
Le facteur de la concierge
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Le facteur de Poulain
Karine Asure ...
La jolie fille du rendez-vous
Régis Iacono ...
Félix L'Herbier
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Palace Video (voice)
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Le mari de la concierge (voice)
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Jacques Grosjean (voice)
Frédéric Mitterrand ...
Self (voice)
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(uncredited)
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Ellie Banks (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Clément Chebli ...
(uncredited)
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L'homme de Montmartre (uncredited)
Rudy Galindo ...
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Eloïse Labro ...
(uncredited)
Jean-Michel Larqué ...
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage) (voice)
Manoush ...
Nymphomaniac (uncredited)
Federico Martín Bahamontes ...
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Thierry Roland ...
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage) (voice)
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Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Voice-Over (uncredited) (voice)
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Stanley T. Banks (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Directed by

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Written by

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Guillaume Laurant ... (scenario) and
Jean-Pierre Jeunet ... (scenario)
 
Guillaume Laurant ... (dialogue)

Produced by

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Helmut Breuer ... co-producer
Bastie Griese ... co-producer (as Bastian Griese)
Arne Meerkamp van Embden ... producer: Germany
Claudie Ossard ... producer

Music by

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Yann Tiersen

Cinematography by

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Bruno Delbonnel

Editing by

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Hervé Schneid

Editorial Department

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Lionel Kopp ... director of post-production
Céline Kélépikis ... assistant editor
Yvan Lucas ... color supervisor
Yann Malcor ... assistant editor
Arnaud Cachau ... avid technician (uncredited)

Casting By

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Pierre-Jacques Bénichou

Production Design by

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Aline Bonetto

Art Direction by

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Mathieu Junot
Volker Schäfer

Set Decoration by

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Marie-Laure Valla

Costume Design by

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Madeline Fontaine

Makeup Department

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Véronique Boitout ... hair stylist / key hair stylist
Reynald Desbant ... assistant hair stylist
Virginie Duranteau ... assistant hair stylist
Vesna Estord ... makeup artist
Dominique Galichet ... makeup artist
Karina Gruais ... makeup artist
Jacques-Olivier Molon ... special makeup effects artist
John Nollet ... key hair stylist
Vesna Peborde ... makeup artist
Myriam Roger ... assistant hair stylist
Nathalie Tissier ... key makeup artist / makeup designer

Production Management

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Nicolas Davy ... assistant unit manager
Jean-Marc Deschamps ... production manager
Eric Duchêne ... unit manager
Marc Grewe ... unit production manager
Lionel Kopp ... post-production supervisor
Alain Mougenot ... production leader
Sophie Vermersch ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Sylvain Bressollette ... trainee assistant director
Thomas Parnet ... trainee assistant director
Pascal Roy ... second assistant director
Christophe Vassort ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Jean-Marc Auriol ... painter
Michèle Bataille ... painter: "Renoir - Le déjeuner des canotiers"
Karin Beizler ... painter: Cologne
Hans-Jörg Bergen ... props: Germany (as Jörg Bergen)
Britta Bogers ... painter: Cologne
François Borgeaud ... propman
Pascale Bouillot ... painter: "Renoir - Le déjeuner sur l'herbe"
Claudin Brackhagen ... painter: Cologne
Reiner Brüggen ... carpenter: Cologne
Daniel Feret ... chief carpenter
Wolfgang Gosberg ... carpenter: Cologne
Alain Guais ... dressing props
Gregor Hees ... carpenter: Cologne
Herbert Hees ... sculptor: Cologne
Daniel Kolarov ... assistant art director
Kerstin Krötz ... props: Germany
Delphine Mabed ... first assistant art director: Germany / painter: "Renoir - Le déjeuner sur l'herbe"
Fabrice Maux ... chief painter
Anja Merz ... carpenter: Cologne
Jacques Pellissier ... art department assistant
Jörn Quel ... carpenter: Cologne
Stefan Quentin ... construction coordinator: Germany
John Rawsthorn ... carpenter: Cologne
Hélène Rey ... art department trainee
Thorsten Sabel ... set dresser: Cologne
Lorenzo Sartor ... carpenter: Cologne
Britta Sassmannshausen ... painter: Cologne
Ralf Schwamborn ... props: Germany
Volker Schäfer ... set decorator: Cologne (as Volker Schaefer)
Nane Stegat ... painter: Cologne
Thibault Tosseram ... scenic artist
Marie-Laure Valla ... set buyer
Dagmar Wessel ... set dresser: Cologne
Mathieu Junot ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Petra Klimek ... assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Jean-Philippe Angelini ... post-synchronization assistant
Vincent Arnardi ... re-recording mixer
Marilena Cavola ... sound editor (as Marilena Cavola Hardy)
Sophie Chiabaut ... sound mixer
Stéphane de Rocquigny ... post-synchronization assistant
Michel Filippi ... post-synchronization engineer
Gérard Hardy ... sound editor
Laurent Kossayan ... sound designer
Jean-Louis Lebras ... boom operator (as Jean-Louis Le Bras)
Jean-Pierre Lelong ... sound effects editor
Guillaume Leriche ... re-recording mixer
Mario Melchiorri ... assistant sound effects editor
Frank Mettre ... sound
Igor Thomas-Gerard ... assistant sound editor
Jean Umansky ... sound mixer
Bernhard Vogl ... adr recordist
Alexandre Widmer ... sound editor
Jean-Michel Tresallet ... foley recording assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Jean-Baptiste Bonetto ... special effects
Noel Chainbaux ... special effects
Solena Collignon ... digital special effects
Séverine De Wever ... special effects coordinator
Yves Domenjoud ... special effects supervisor
Olivier Gleyze ... special effects
Delphine Le Roch ... special effects coordinator
Daniel Lenoir ... special effects
Jacques-Olivier Molon ... special effects technician
Marc Paccosi ... digital special effects (as Marco Paccosi)
Thierry Reymonenq ... special effects
Romain Rosier ... special effects crew
Jean-Christophe Spadaccini ... special effects: second unit
Edouard Valton ... special effects production manager
Benjamin Vermot ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Jérôme Arthuis ... grading coordinator: Duboicolor
Christophe Belena ... I/O technician / scanning and conforming technician
Michael Belin ... digital grading assistant
Lucie Bories ... digital compositor
Andre Brizard ... digital compositor
Alain Carsoux ... visual effects supervisor
Philippe Chotard ... system engineer
Stéphanie Dargent ... digital matte painter
Thierry Delobel ... digital compositor
Stephane Dittoo ... digital artist
François Dupuy ... digital processing technician
Thomas Duval ... shooting supervisor
Xavier Fourmond ... compositing supervisor
Afif Heukeshoven ... 3d artist
Alexandre Kolasinski ... digital compositor (as Alex Kolasinski)
Didier Le Fouest ... colorist (as Didier le Fouest) / digital grading (as Didier le Fouest)
Mathieu Le Meur ... digital compositor
Bruno Le Provost ... digital matte painter
Jeremie Leroux ... digital artist
Tina Lin ... scanning and conforming technician
Isabelle Ramnou ... matte painting
Olivier Revillon ... digital matte painter
Jean-Paul Rovela ... 3d supervisor
Antoine Simkine ... visual effects executive producer: Duboi
Michael Sowa ... matte painter
Georges Tornero ... digital compositor
Daniel Trujillo ... digital compositor / digital effects artist
Edouard Valton ... visual effects producer
Pierre Villette ... digital matte painter
Jean-Marie Vives ... digital matte painter
Veronique Zylberfain ... matte painting artist

Stunts

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Rémi Canaple ... assistant stunt coordinator / stunts
Patrick Cauderlier ... stunt coordinator / stunts
Pascaline Girardot ... stunts
Jean-Claude Lagniez ... stunt driver
Sébastien Lagniez ... stunt driver
Sébastien Seveau ... stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department

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Victor Abadia ... electrician
Matthieu Bastid ... first assistant camera
Damien Bret ... electrician
Thomas Brügge ... electrician: Germany
Bruno Calvo ... still photographer
Olivier Cazzitti ... electrician
Dominique Colin ... camera operator
Kenneth Cornils ... dolly grip: Germany
Stefan de Leuw ... assistant camera: Germany
Patrick de Ranter ... steadicam operator
Olivier Delpy ... grip
Mostefa Djebbari ... electrician
Robert Dona ... grip
Bruno Dubet ... key grip
Eric Dupressoir ... grip
Jean-Christophe Duwez ... electrician
Vlasta Kostic ... electrician: Germany
Eric Larsen ... dailies
Georgi Lazarevski ... assistant camera
Sophie Lelou ... electrician (as Sophie Mollard)
Dominique Lepage ... grip
Beatrice Mizrahi ... director of photography: second unit
François Paumard ... assistant camera
Christophe Perotin ... second assistant camera
Yvan Quehec ... electrician
Michel Sabourdy ... gaffer
Thomas Sidopoulos ... grip
Ludovic Simeon ... video assistant
Joel Spinola ... electrician
Andreas Theiner ... electrician
Laurent Thiery ... grip
Thierry Tronchet ... assistant camera
Timo von Burgsdorf ... electrician: Germany
Richard Weber ... best boy
Jörg Widmer ... steadicam operator
Kareem La Vaullée ... steadicam operator (uncredited)

Animation Department

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Nicolas Nicolle ... assistant animator

Casting Department

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Valerie Espagne ... casting associate
Alberte Garo ... casting associate
Patricia Van ... casting assistant
Jean-Pierre Jeunet ... voice casting/plaque (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sylvie Bello ... assistant costumer
Clémentine Darros ... trainee costumer
Emma Lebail ... assistant costume designer
Véronique Élise ... assistant costumer

Location Management

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Aude Lemercier ... location scout

Music Department

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Edouard Dubois ... musical advisor (as Edouard Du Bois)
Stephan Kraemer ... recording engineer (as Stephane Kraemer)
Christine Ott ... musician
Hervé Schneid ... music editor
Jacques Smerlak ... executive music producer
Randy Spendlove ... executive in charge of music
Yann Tiersen ... musician (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Anne Wermelinger ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Werner Ahrendt ... driver

Additional Crew

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Aurore Ader ... digital laboratory assistant
Christophe Antonin ... unit assistant
Stéphane Bourdon ... weapons
Chantal Bégasse ... production secretary
Gilles Caussade ... financial director
Laurent Clavier ... research and development
Christophe Colter ... transfer technician
Marie-Laure Compain ... production secretary
Deborah Coucoux ... digital processing trainee
Frédéric Daugeron ... party organizer
Luc Desportes ... trainee
Stephane Deverly ... research and development (as Stéphane Deverly)
Sébastien Guyomard ... technician
Rip Hampton O'Neil ... director of technology
Nicole Heitzmann ... production administrator
Wendy K. Hope ... production coordinator
Alexandre Jeanneret ... digital processing technician
Abdel Ali Kassou ... digital processing technician
Christophe Maratier ... weapons
Eva Neufahrt ... accountant
Nicolas Nicolle ... digital processing trainee
Frank Niemann ... intern: Germany
Svetlana Novak ... production assistant
Corinne Saglio ... assistant production accountant
Isabelle Sauvanon ... press attache
Torsten Schneider ... intern: Germany
Robert Spina ... intern: Germany
Olivier Tubach ... research and development
Tommaso Vergallo ... director: digital laboratory
Yogini M ... Marathi Subtitles editor

Thanks

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Frédéric Mitterrand ... thanks

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Amélie is a story about a girl named Amélie whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Amélie gets hardly any real-life contact with other people. This leads Amélie to resort to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. After seeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Such as, her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the "ghost," a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass. But after consuming herself with these escapades - she finds out that she is disregarding her own life and damaging her quest for love. Amélie then discovers she must become more aggressive and take a hold of her life and capture the beauty of love she has always dreamed of. Written by spragg_s

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Taglines One person can change your life forever. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (France)
  • Amélie (France)
  • Amélie des Abbesses (France)
  • Die fabelhafte Welt der Amelie (Germany)
  • The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain (World-wide, English title)
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Runtime
  • 122 min
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Box Office

Budget FRF77,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend France $496,031, 10 Aug 2001
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $173,921,954

Did You Know?

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Trivia Whenever this film was shot on location, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and the crew would clean the area of debris, grime, trash and graffiti, so that the real settings would match the fantastic nature of the film. This was an especially difficult task when it came time to shoot at the huge train station. See more »
Goofs When Nino visits Amélie in the cafe, "Menu du Jour" disappears and reappears on the glass between shots. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2002). See more »
Soundtracks Les Jours Tristes (instrumental) See more »
Crazy Credits In the opening titles, Amélie as a child is shown doing various things. These activities illustrate the titles being shown at the same time. See more »
Quotes Hipolito, The Writer: Without you, today's emotions would be the scurf of yesterday's.
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