An absolute hit in Britain and Europe, and winner of the 2001 AGF People’s Choice Award ® at the Toronto International Film Festival, AMÉLIE continues to delight audiences worldwide. Amélie, an only child of eccentric parents, is schooled at home and sheltered in a quirky existence of pure imagination. Profoundly affected by the oddities of her upbringing, Amélie (Audrey Tautou, VÉNUS BEAUTÉ INSTITUT) grows into an exquisitely beautiful and quixotic young woman who forges a life for herself by working in a Montmartre café frequented by a wealth of quirky characters: failed writers, hypochondriac tobacconists, pushy grocers and disheartened widows (including Jeunet fave Dominique Pinon, DELICATESSEN). One day, she accidentally discovers an old keepsake box hidden in her apartment by a previous occupant, a young boy since grown up. After secretly returning the box to its astonished owner, Amélie experiences great joy as she witnesses the emotional reunion of the man and his childhood treasure. Exhilarated by this experience, she embarks on a mission to work similar miracles for other patrons of her little Montmartre neighbourhood. "Saint" Amélie single-mindedly embraces the motley collection of lost souls (including her love-lorn landlady and her isolated father), devoting herself to contriving covert miracles – mending relationships, fulfilling life-long wishes and consoling the unconsolable. Excitement quickens when the sweet world of the modern missionary is disturbed by a chance encounter in a bus depot with an awkward loner, Nino (Mathieu Kassovitz, JACOB THE LIAR), who makes a hobby of collecting discarded fotomat photos. A surprising attraction is sparked between the two and the shy, solitary Amélie must now work a miracle for herself.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s irresistible story of interconnected lives in Paris dazzles with the wit and surreal imagery of previous works (DELICATESSEN), weaving a vibrant, fable-like story in which all ideas make beautiful sense. Jeunet’s magical visual style sweeps one into the imaginative bubble of AMÉLIE’s life-affirming universe and fascinates with a ride of irresistible whimsy.