# Il favoloso mondo di Amélie (2001)

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**Original title**: *Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain*
**Runtime**: 122 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance
**Directed by**: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
**Written by**: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant
**Starring**: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Clotilde Mollet

> *She’ll change your life.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Montmartre, spring, a vintage typewriter. A shy waitress secretly helps others, matchmaking and returning lost treasures, her life taking a turn with a chance encounter. Jeunet's visual charm elevates this quirky romance.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, comfort-cult, cozy, playful, tender

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 8.3/10 (839094 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 90% · Metacritic 70/100

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