Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
With Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Lorella Cravotta
Rated R, 123 minutes
In French with English subtitles
The Browning Cinema is heading to Paris this Valentine's Day weekend and marking the 25 year anniversary of a French classic. Amélie (Audrey Tautou), the heroine of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's award-winning whimsical romance, is no ordinary young woman. A waitress in a Montmartre, Paris bar, Amélie observes people and lets her imagination roam free. One day, she suddenly finds her purpose in life: to solve other people's problems. We follow her around a lovingly and vividly photographed Paris of saturated colors as she engineers offbeat solutions to better her deserving co-workers, relatives, and neighbors' lives. Amélie's mission to help others is rudely interrupted when she meets a strange, offbeat young man, Nino (Mathieu Kassovitz), who captures her interest and sets her on a mission to finally accomplish something for herself.