Amelie is a romantic comedy from Jean Pierre Jeunet (
Delicatessen,
City of Lost Children) about a young woman who discreetly orchestrates
the lives of the people around her, creating a world exclusively of her
own making. Audrey Tautou stars as Amelie, a young waitress in a tiny Paris
cafe. Her life changes course when she discovers an old box of childhood
treasures hidden beneath her apartment floorboards, anonymously returns
it to its rightful owner, and watches from a distance as his life is transformed
by the discovery. Amelie begins to transform the lives of other ordinary
people, becoming part matchmaker, part purveyor of hope and part patron
saint of getting even. She works behind a veil of mystery and anonymity
- which works to her benefit - until she meets an intriguing young man,
Nino (Mathieu Kassovitz). Now the question is: will she have the courage
to do for herself what she has done for others?