9 million! That’s the impressive box office performance of this 23-year-old film that’s coming back to the big screen. 9 million admissions… just like Un P’tit truc en plus, the movie phenomenon of 2024! Happy coincidence!
Amelie Poulin’s fairy-tale fortunes return on Games Day, two days before the ceremony.
“Amelie is out (again) It’s not just the Games in Paris, there’s Amelie too! On July 24, in the sporting excitement of the 2024 Games, cinemas remain open. In the original and with English subtitles, visit the capital otherwise through the dreamy eyes of Amelie Poulin“.
Amelie’s story captivated the whole world. We follow Audrey Tautou, a young waitress in a costume at a bar in Montmartre. He spends time observing people and letting his imagination run wild. He set a goal: to do good for those around him. He then devises strategies to intrude into their existence incognito. In this search for happiness, Amelie meets Nino Quincampua, a strange “Prince Charming”…
But how was this film actually received at the time? As this report from television news France 2 well summarizes, the public was quickly won over by the film. Word of mouth then allowed the film to take off.
How was the film received when it was released in 2001?
Apart from Libération, which rejected the film, the press was generally enthusiastic about the film. Excerpts.
Le Parisien (5/5):And finally, the word masterpiece, so often used, takes on its full meaning! (…) A medicine for melancholy, a love story full of humor, an inspired film from beginning to end, which opens the door to happiness.”
Sunday Journal (5/5): “A divine surprise in the form of a little gem, Amelie Poulain is one of those films that brings joy to the head and heart.”
Le Monde (4/5): “This perversion of the medium, of the talents, would be indigestion if there were not at the center of the film a real mystery, a space of fantasy and dreams.”
According to Le Nouvel Observateur (4/5): “Of course, since the movie is two hours long, we eventually realize that it’s all barely rehashed in minutes, and that the story is vaguely silly once it starts, but who really cares?”
5 Oscar nominations!
For reference, the Jean-Pierre Jeunet film was originally released in theaters on April 25, 2001, and went on to become the second biggest box office hit of the year, behind Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (9,346,855 admissions) and ahead of The Truth if. I lie 2 (7,407,958 entries). Amelie Poulin’s fairy-tale fate received 13 César and 5 Oscar nominations.
Source: Allocine
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