Amélie - A movie full of life

I watched a movie of my lifetime yesterday. Its a French movie called Amélie. Having heard about this movie from Vikram long back and having read about it in his blog, I wanted to watch this movie for over an year, and I finally did it yesterday.

It is a very very cute movie, a simple story interestingly told with a beautiful romance plot. To give some flashback, 2002 Oscar awards had a great Indian film in the final list of "Best Foreign Film" category - Lagaan, for which we felt very proud. Of course, it didn't win an Oscar, but another contender among the finalists and which lost to "No Man's Land" was Amélie from France.

The movie is directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and stars Audrey Tautou and Mathieu Kassovitz in lead roles. And there a a lot of supporting characters, each of whom has a short but a prominent role in the movie. The film begins with a flashback on Amélie's childhood which sets the base for rest of the film to move on.

It is the story of a waitress in Montmartre, an extremely shy and lonely girl Amélie, who after an incident decides to make people around her happy by solving their problems. She does it all secretly like an angel and feels happy for them. But at the same time she is fighting her own shyness to express her love for Nino. How she overcomes that and how she unites with Nino is what the story is all about.

The way the screenplay is built upon, the characterization of each and everyone, the suspenses knitted and the way they are revealed, the mild comedy that runs throughout, the clues Amélie gives to Nino for finding her are all interesting. The pleasant background score and the beautiful locations make the film a delight to watch.

If you want to watch a movie with loads of feel good factor, a movie that is heart warming and memorable, then Amélie is the best choice. And thanks Vikram for suggesting this movie :)