Amelie

The power of expression can change the world. A story can make you live an era, a picture can take you to different lands, a song can make you laugh or cry. Likewise a movie will let you live someone else’s life, albeit for some moments.

I have been captivated by some wonderful movies, one of which is ‘Amelie’. No wonder this movie was nominated to the Oscars (in 5 categories ) and won many European awards. A run of the mill story about a girl meeting the love of her life – in a fantastical script set in Paris, crafted with superb movie making. This movie blew me away with its creative usage of artistic tools like animation, metaphors (the garden Gnome photos from around the world! ), music and the consistent pleasant visual theme . More than anything, it takes me to a place I yearn to visit – Paris. This movie lets you into her small world. How she makes a big difference for everyone in that small world, touching aspects of people’s lives which result in fantastical outcomes, makes you realize reality should not be so complicated and sometime you need to look at it through the sepia tinted glasses that Amelie uses.

Audrey Tautou (who is also simply great in ‘Priceless’ BTW ) is just the cutest ‘pretty girl who lives on the 5th floor ‘. I reserve the next few lines for my favorite actresses playing my favorite characters – I wanna marry her!