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The film was originally released in France in April, 2001. It was released in Britain in October of that year, and in the USA in November. The film's American distributor is Miramax.
Co-written with Guillaume Laurant by its director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the film stars:
Amélie is the story about a girl who grows up isolated from other children. Her mother dies when she is young. Her father, a doctor, never hugs her. He only touches her to check on her heart, and this rare thrill causes her heart to race. As a result, her father believes she has a heart conditionHeart conditions can be either acute or chronic, and either congenital or acquired. See: Heart failure Heart attack Angina pectoris Myocardial infarction Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiomyopathy. and keeps her away from other children while she grows up. Left to amuse herself, she develops an unusually active imagination.
Amélie grows up and becomes a waitress in a small Montmartre café run by a former circusA circus is usually a travelling show that includes acrobats, animal trainers, clowns and other novelty acts. However, there are circuses today with a permanent venue that do not travel, and some circuses do not have animal acts. Big Top of Billy Smart's performer. By age 22, life for Amélie is simple. She enjoys small pleasures like cracking crème brûléeCreme brulee ("burnt cream") is a dessert consisting of a custard-like base whose sugar topping has been burnt into a hard caramelized layer. It is usually served cold in individual pots. It may have originated in Britain in the 17th century where it is as with a teaspoonWhen used as a quantity, such as in a recipe, a teaspoon is the name of several units of measuring volume used primarily in cooking. customary teaspoon 1/6 U. 93 ml) :1 Imperial teaspoon 1/8 Imperial fl. 55 ml) :1 metric teaspoon 5 ml (used in Australia,, going for walks in the Paris sunshine observing people, skipping stones across St. Martin's CanalA 5km canal which stretches from the Square Flemaitre to the Rue Lafayett and shortcuts a long loop in the River Seine on the eastern side of Paris in the 10th arrondissement. Opened in 1825 after Napoleon had ordered the artificial waterway dug to supply, and letting her imagination roam free. One day, behind a loose bathroomA bathroom is a room that may have different functions depending on the cultural context it is used in. In the United States of America a bathroom commonly refers to the room containing a toilet. This is not the case in other countries where a room contai tile she finds an old metal box of childhood memorabilia hidden by a boy who lived in her apartment decades past. She resolves to track down the now-grownup man who put it there and return it to him. If she finds him and it makes him glad, she will devote her life to goodness; if not, too bad.
After a bit of detective work she tracks him down—Bretodeau (not Bredoteau)—and places the box in a phone booth. When he passes by, she rings the number to get him into the booth. He opens the box and has an epiphany as long-forgotten childhood memories come flooding back. She trails him to a nearby bar and observes him but does not reveal herself. When she sees the positive effect she had on him, she resolves from that moment on to do good in the life of other people, including her father, her co-workers, the concierge of her building, and Lucien, the boy who works at the neighborhood vegetable stand.
But while she's looking after others, who's looking after Amélie?