Amélie (2001)
Figures
Characters
- The character of Raymond Dufayel, the "Glass Man," obsessively repainting Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party."
Form & technique
- The film's distinctive, highly saturated red, green, and gold color palette.
- Yann Tiersen's score, particularly its prominent use of the accordion and piano waltzes.
- The film's overall aesthetic and narrative preoccupation with picturesque, traditional French culture.
- The film's narrative resolution, where all main characters find small, personal forms of happiness.
Tropes
- The predominantly white population of Montmartre.
- The film's digitally-enhanced depiction of Paris landmarks (e.g., Sacré-Cœur, Canal Saint-Martin).
- Amélie's role as a secret manipulator of others' lives.
- The film's "exportable" vision of France and its subsequent global success.
- Amélie's elaborate, imaginative schemes and internal fantasy sequences (e.g., melting into a puddle).