Amélie [Blu-ray]

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Overview

One woman decides to change the world by changing the lives of the people she knows in this charming and romantic comic fantasy from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Amelie (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who had a decidedly unusual childhood; misdiagnosed with an unusual heart condition, Amelie didn't attend school with other children, but spent most of her time in her room, where she developed a keen imagination and an active fantasy life. Her mother Amandine (Lorella Cravotta) died in a freak accident when Amelie was eight, and her father Raphael (Rufus) had limited contact with her, since his presence seemed to throw her heart into high gear. Despite all this, Amelie has grown into a healthy and beautiful young woman who works in a cafe and has a whimsical, romantic nature. When Princess Diana dies in a car wreck in the summer of 1997, Amelie is reminded that life can be fleeting and she decides it's time for her to intervene in the lives of those around her, hoping to bring a bit of happiness to her neighbors and the regulars at the cafe. Amelie starts by bringing together two lonely people -- Georgette (Isabelle Nanty), a tobacconist with a severe case of hypochondria, and Joseph (Dominique Pinon), an especially ill-tempered customer. When Amelie finds a box of old toys in her apartment, she returns them to their former owner, Mr. Bretodeau (Maurice Benichou), sending him on a reverie of childhood. Amelie befriends Dufayel (Serge Merlin), an elderly artist living nearby whose bones are so brittle, thanks to a rare disease, that everything in his flat must be padded for his protection. And Amelie decides someone has to step into the life of Nino (Mathieu Kassovitz), a lonely adult video store clerk and part-time carnival spook-show ghost who collects pictures left behind at photo booths around Paris. Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain received unusually enthusiastic advance reviews prior to its French premiere in the spring of 2001, and was well received at a special free screening at that year's Cannes Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/26/2024
UPC:	0043396635593
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	R
Source:	Sony Pictures
Language:	English
Time:	2:02:00
Sales rank:	3,159

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Audrey Tautou	Amélie Poulain
Mathieu Kassovitz	Nino Quincampoix
Serge Merlin	Dufayel
Rufus	Raphaël Poulain
Jamel Debbouze	Lucien
Yolande Moreau	Madeleine Wallace
Urbain Cancelier	Collignon
Dominique Pinon	Joseph
Lorella Cravotta	Amandine Poulain
Michel Robin	Collignon
Isabelle Nanty	Georgette
Claire Maurier	Suzanne
Clotilde Mollet	Gina,Actor
Artus de Penguern	Hipolito
Armelle	Philomene
Claude Perron	Eva
Ticky Holgado	The Photo Booth Man
Jean Darie	The Blind Man
Flora Guiet	Amelie (age 8)
Amaury Babault	Nino (as a child)
Marc Amyot	The Stranger
Dominique Bettenfeld	The Screaming Neighbor
Franckie Pain	The Newsstand Woman,The Newsstand Woman
Marion Pressburger	Credits Helper
Charles-Roger Bour	The Urinal Man
Luc Palan	Amandine's Grocer
Fabienne Chaudat	Woman in Coma
Jacques Viala	The Customer Who Humiliates His Friend
Fabien Behar	The Humiliated Customer
Jonathan Joss	The Humiliated Customer's Son
Jean-Pierre Becker	The Bum
Thierry Gebault	The Endive Client
Francois Bercovici	His Buddy
Guillaume Viry	The Vagrant
Valerie Zarrouck	Dominique Bredoteau Woman
Kevin Fernandes	Bretodeau (as a child)
Marie-Laure Descouraux	The Dead Man's Concierge
Sophie Tellier	Aunt Josette
Gerald Weingand	The Teacher
Francois Viaur	The Bar Owner
Paule Dare	His Employee
Myriam Labbe	The Tobacco Buyer
Robert Gendreu	Cafe Patron
Julianna Kovacs	Grocer's Client
Philippe Paimblanc	Train Ticket Taker
Mady Malroux	One of the Twins,One of the Twins
Valeriane De Villeneuve	The Laughing Woman
Isis Peyrade	Samantha
Raymonde Heudeline	Phantom Train Cashier
Christiane Bopp	Woman by the Merry-Go-Round
Thierry Arfeuilleres	Statue Man
Jerry Lucas	The Sacre-Coeur Boy
Patrick Paroux	The Street Prompter
Francois Aubineau	The Concierge's Postman
Philippe Beautier	Poulain's Postman
Regis Iacono	Felix L'Herbier
Frank-Oliver Bonnet	Palace Video,Palace Video
Jean-Pol Brissart	The Postman
Alain Floret	The Concierge's Husband
Maurice Bénichou	Dominique Bretodeau
Andrée Damant	Mrs. Collignon
André Dussollier	Récitant / Narrator,Narrator,Narrator
Eugène Berthier	Eugène Koler
Rufus Hound	Amélies Vater
Luc Palun	Amandine's Grocer
Thierry Gibault	The Endive Client
Valérie Zarrouk	Bretodeau as a child
Jean-Pol Brissard	The Postman
Jacques Thebault	Voices
Frédéric Mitterrand	Voices
Yann Tiersen	Composer

Technical Credits

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Guillaume Laurant

Jean-Pierre Jeunet	Director,Director,Screenwriter
Guillaume Laurant	Screenwriter
Pierre-Jacques Benichou	Casting
Alain Carsoux	Special Effects
Patrick Cauderlier	Stunts
Jean-Marc Deschamps	Producer
Yves Domenjoud	Special Effects
Claudie Ossard	Producer,Executive Producer,Director
Jean Umansky	Sound/Sound Designer
Gérard Hardy	Sound Editor
Laurent Kossayan	Sound Effects
Helmut Breuer	Producer
Vincent Arnardi	Sound Effects,Sound Mixer,Sound/Sound Designer
Sophie Chiabaut	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Stéphane de Rocquigny	Sound Effects
Jérôme Arthuis	Special Effects
Jean-Philippe Angelini	Sound Effects
Marilena Cavola	Sound Effects
Daniel Lenoir	Special Effects
Valérie Espagne	Casting
Arne Meerkamp Van Embden	Producer
Antoine Simkine	Executive Producer
Bruno Dubet	Key Grip
Jean-Baptiste Bonetto	Special Effects
Thierry Reymoneno	Special Effects
Les Versaillais	Special Effects
Noël Chainbaux	Special Effects
Pascaline Girardot	Stunts
Oliver Gleyze	Special Effects
Jean-Claude Lagniez	Stunts
Rémi Canaple	Stunts
Sébastien Seveau	Stunts
Guillaume Leriche	Sound/Sound Designer