Amelie

Amelie is the type of film that once you watch it you just want to rewind and watch it again so you can pick up all the little things you missed the first time. It has many sub plots winding around each other as we see Amelie grow every year. It's a very complexed yet an easy going film, which is a very hard thing to achieve.

The basic plot of the film is around watching Amelie grow up and find out who she wants to be throughout a series of experiments and mystery. She finds a box hidden in her room from a boy when he lived there in his youth, she tracks down the boy and from then on vows to bring happiness to others always. Along the way finding her own happiness also.

Amelie is wrongly diagnosed with a heart condition by her father and therefore her heart beat is fast throughout her life and her personality seems to match it. The films sets and colour also seems to match that almost hyper yet nervous feeling too. Every colour seems to be in a high resolution with lots of red and greens and the music is very quick and happy.

Audrey Tautou plays Amelie. With her pale face and big eyes she brings such an innocence to the role which is exactly what Amelie needs to be. Everytime you watch this film you pick up on something new or realise the depth and meaning of one of the sub plots. It's definitely a film that is worth taking the time out to watch.