Alright, I'm taking a class in International Films this semester and one of my new favorite films is Amelie (2001) directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. This film revolves around Amelie (Audrey Tautou) and her very peculiar life.
But before I go on and on about the movie I'd just like to say that International films aren't like American films in the sense of time, space, flow, presentation, story, and etc.. To me, foreign films feel slower and riskier in terms of what type of shots are taken and used. American films have set "standards" or rather a certain "flow" to them; Foreign films don't necessarily follow any true set of "standards" or "guidelines".
With that said it sometimes felt that Amelie dragged on because I'm not really used to foreign films.
Anyways, Amelie leads a very "peculiar" life and upon one fateful night she discovers something that changes her life forever. She then starts, in my humble opinion, messing or "changing" people's lives - either improving it or ruining it. The biggest question or point of the movie is that despite her actions does Amelie have it in her to change her own life for the better?
Since I don't want to give anything away I'll just sum it up like this:
The Good: It's a delightful film that employs a certain kind of production value that can really only be described by me as vivid and whimsical.
The Bad: It's in French and you'll have to read subtitles and sometimes it's tough to keep up.
The Bottom Line: You. Should. Watch. This. Film.
Here's a link to the trailer:
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