Amelie

‘Amelie’ by Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a charming story about a young woman’s quest to help people find happiness by performing small but nonetheless significant acts of kindness. The story begins with the most an even more precise time announcement than in ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’ with September 3rd 1976 6:28pm and 32 seconds being announced by the narrator. The use off such precise timing is unconventional and sets the tone for the rest of the movie and is obviously meant as a tribute to the great Monty Python member Terry Gilliam of whom Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a self-confessed fan. After the audience are given the time and date they are shown three completely unrelated and insignificant events that happened to coincide with the conception of the story’s main character Amelie Poulain.

The audience is then whisked away to Amelie’s early childhood and are introduced to Amelie’s parents Raphael and Amadine Poulain by the narrator, who’s swift introduction gives us...