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MOVIE · 2001

Amélie

ComedyRomance122 min

In Montmartre, Audrey Tautou is Amélie Poulain, a shy waitress at a tiny Paris café who discovers she has a knack for quietly improving other people’s lives. She becomes a matchmaker, fixer, and secret benefactor for the neighbors, regulars, and oddballs around her, turning small acts of kindness into elaborate little missions. When a handsome stranger enters the picture, Amélie’s carefully one-sided generosity starts to collide with her own loneliness. Jean-Pierre Jeunet frames Paris as a playful storybook city full of hidden messages, private rituals, and romantic near-misses.

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