87), but I know what the vote reflects: Immediate satisfaction with a film that is all goodness and cheer-sassy, bright and whimsical, filmed with dazzling virtuosity, and set in Paris, the city we love when it sizzles and when it drizzles. I am not sure "Amelie" is better than " Fargo" (No.
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It went on to win the audience awards at the Edinburgh, Toronto and Chicago film festivals, and I note on the Internet Movie Database that it is currently voted the 54th best film of all time, and hasn't even opened in America yet. The movie played in the commercial theaters of the back streets, where audiences vibrated with pleasure. "Not serious," sniffed the Very Serious authorities who decide these matters. I first began hearing about "Amelie" last May at the Cannes Film Festival, where there was a scandale when "Amelie" was not chosen for the Official Selection. So, she will amuse herself (and us) by devising the most extraordinary stratagems for bringing about their happiness.
And in tracking down the man who was that boy, and returning his box, Amelie finds her life's work: She will make people happy. Yes, the shock of the news causes Amelie to drop a bottle cap, which jars loose a stone in the wall of her flat, which leads her to discover a rusty old box in which a long-ago boy hoarded his treasures. Amelie grows up lonely and alone, a waitress in a corner bistro, until one day the death of Princess Diana changes everything.
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