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"No French film of this century is more beloved than Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s
Amélie. Or rather, no protagonist of a French film in this century is more
beloved than Audrey Tautou’s eponymous Amélie. Hence, no doubt, why the movie
is best known by that short version of its title rather than by the long
version,
Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain. Now, more than twenty years
after the release of
Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Jeunet has followed
it up with
La véritable histoire d’Amélie Poulain, which you can watch (with
optional French or English subtitles) just above.
“After all this time,” Jeunet says in a brief introduction, “I felt the moment
was right to tell you, at long last, the real story of Amélie Poulain.” She
turns out, according to his voice-over narration that follows, not to be a
simple Montmartre waitress who dedicates herself to surreptitiously enriching
the lives of those around her.
In fact she works as a spy for the KGB, having first been recruited in
childhood with the promise of candy bars. That may sound far-fetched, but
Jeunet supports every detail of Amélie’s double life, and of the story of her
re-entry into espionage after the fall of the Berlin Wall, using the very same
scenes and involving the very same characters we remember from
Amélie."
Via Christoph S.
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
