What should I watch if I like Amelie?

if you like amelie

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime.
• Moonrise Kingdom (2012) PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance.
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
• Pieles (2017)
• A Very Long Engagement (2004)
• The Brothers Bloom (2008)
• Flowers (2016–2018)

Is there a sequel to Amelie?

Filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet has no plans to make a sequel of his Oscar-nominated film ‘Amelie’. The 2001 romantic comedy featured French actor Audrey Tatou in the lead. It follows a shy waitress, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better while struggling with her own isolation.

Is Amélie an independent movie?

Now a free and independent woman, Amélie wears a bob that curls in every direction and dresses in red. But when the day is done, Amélie finds one stone unturned, and decides to work her magic on the quirky object of her affections, Nino Quincampoix (Matthieu Kassovitz), whom she has never met…

What happened to Jean Pierre Jeunet?

Since his last release, Jeunet has tried to get other projects funded but has found it impossible to find investors willing to take a risk on his quirky films. He stated in 2019 that he may go to Netflix “as a last resort.”

What is the auteur theory of film criticism?

auteur theory, theory of filmmaking in which the director is viewed as the major creative force in a motion picture. Arising in France in the late 1940s, the auteur theory—as it was dubbed by the American film critic Andrew Sarris—was an outgrowth of the cinematic theories of André Bazin and Alexandre Astruc.

Why Amelie is a good movie?

Amélie explores the simplicity of life, and sees the beauty in almost everything. The film, filled with a great cast who embody charm instead of impersonating it, coupled with Jeunet’s direction, makes exquisite use of Paris as an inviting playground for Amélie’s missions of kindness.

What is Amelie movie?

“Amélie” is a fanciful comedy about a young woman who discretely orchestrates the lives of the people around her, creating a world exclusively of her own making. Shot in over 80 Parisian locations, acclaimed director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (“Delicatessen”; “The City of Lost Children”) invokes his incomparable visionary style to capture the exquisite charm and mystery of modern-day Paris through the eyes of a beautiful ingenue.
Amélie/Film synopsis