Amelie

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00:00:37 On September 3rd 1973
00:00:41 a bluebottle fly capable
00:00:47 landed on Rue St Vincent, Montmartre.
00:00:53 At the same moment,
00:00:58 the wind magically made two glasses
00:01:04 Meanwhile, in a 5th-floor flat,
00:01:10 returning from his best friend's funeral,
00:01:14 from his address book.
00:01:21 At the same moment,
00:01:25 belonging to Raphaël Poulain,
00:01:27 made a dash for an egg in his wife Amandine.
00:01:32 Nine months later,
00:01:34 Amélie Poulain was born.
00:01:41 [The Fabulous Life Of Amélie Poulain]
00:03:21 Her father, an ex-army doctor,
00:03:24 works at a spa in Enghien-Les-Bains.
00:03:26 [TIGHT LIPS = HARD HEART]
00:03:28 Raphaël Poulain dislikes:
00:03:31 Peeing next to someone else. He also dislikes:
00:03:35 Catching scornful glances at his sandals.
00:03:42 Clingy wet swimming trunks.
00:03:47 Raphaël Poulain likes:
00:03:49 Peeling off large strips of wallpaper.
00:03:55 Lining up all his shoes and polishing them.
00:03:58 Emptying his tool box,
00:04:00 cleaning it out,
00:04:03 and putting everything back.
00:04:07 Amélie's mother, Amandine,
00:04:11 has always had shaky nerves.
00:04:13 [FACIAL TWITCH = WEAK NERVES]
00:04:15 Amandine Poulain dislikes:
00:04:19 When someone she doesn't like
00:04:22 brushes against her hand.
00:04:26 Pillow marks on her cheek in the morning.
00:04:29 Amandine Poulain likes:
00:04:34 Polishing the parquet with slippers.
00:04:37 Emptying her handbag,
00:04:39 cleaning it out,
00:04:40 and putting everything back.
00:04:47 Amélie is six.
00:04:49 Like all little girls,
00:04:54 But he never touches her,
00:04:58 The thrill of this rare contact
00:05:01 makes her heart beat like a drum.
00:05:03 As a result,
00:05:04 he thinks she has a heart defect.
00:05:08 Declared unfit for school,
00:05:10 Amélie is taught by her mother.
00:05:13 Four...
00:05:15 hens...
00:05:16 brood...
00:05:17 here...
00:05:18 henceforth.
00:05:21 Four hens brood...
00:05:23 Very good.
00:05:24 ...hens fourth!
00:05:27 Deprived of playmates,
00:05:30 tossed about
00:05:33 Amélie retreats into her imagination.
00:05:37 In this world, LPs are made like pancakes.
00:05:41 The neighbour's comatose wife
00:05:44 has chosen to get all her life's sleep in one go.
00:05:48 After this, I can stay awake day and night.
00:05:54 Amélie has one friend, Blubber.
00:05:57 Alas, the home environment
00:06:20 Blubber's suicide attempts
00:06:24 A decision is made.
00:06:26 Enough!
00:07:01 To comfort Amélie, her mother
00:07:17 Little girl! Look what you did!
00:07:20 A neighbour fools her into thinking
00:07:25 Because she'd been taking pictures
00:07:31 She stares at the TV, racked by the guilt
00:07:34 of causing a huge fire,
00:07:36 two derailments
00:07:38 and a jumbo jet crash.
00:07:40 A few days later,
00:07:42 realising she'd been had,
00:07:44 Amélie gets her revenge.
00:07:57 What...?
00:08:28 One day tragedy strikes.
00:08:30 Amandine takes Amélie to Notre Dame
00:08:35 Three minutes later, heaven sends,
00:08:37 alas, not a baby boy, but Marguerite,
00:08:43 bent on ending her life.
00:08:47 Amandine Poulain is killed instantly.
00:08:53 After her mother's death,
00:08:58 His unsociable tendencies increase.
00:09:02 He's obsessed with building a miniature shrine
00:09:05 to house his wife's ashes.
00:09:13 Days, months and years go by.
00:09:21 In such a dead world,
00:09:23 Amélie prefers to dream
00:09:37 Five years later,
00:09:40 at The Two Windmills.
00:09:44 It is August 29th.
00:09:46 In 48 hours, her life will change for ever.
00:09:51 But she doesn't know it yet.
00:09:54 She lives quietly among her colleagues
00:09:59 That's Suzanne, the owner.
00:10:01 She limps a little but she's never spilt a drink.
00:10:04 When she was younger, she was a circus rider.
00:10:07 She likes athletes who cry with disappointment.
00:10:10 She dislikes seeing men humiliated
00:10:15 Georgette is the tobacconist.
00:10:19 Migraines one day, sciatica the next.
00:10:24 "fruit of thy womb".
00:10:26 Gina works with Amélie.
00:10:30 She likes cracking bones.
00:10:33 She's bringing a kir to Hipolito, a failed writer.
00:10:37 He likes seeing bullfighters gored on TV.
00:10:42 Scowling at them is Joseph,
00:10:47 He's always jealously spying on her.
00:10:50 All he likes
00:10:51 is popping bubble wrap.
00:10:54 And here's Philomène, an air hostess.
00:10:57 Amélie looks after her cat Rodrigue
00:11:01 the sound of the cat's bowl on the tiles.
00:11:04 Rodrigue likes overhearing children's stories.
00:11:09 No, thanks, ma'am. I never work on Sundays.
00:11:13 At weekends, Amélie often takes a train
00:11:17 - Why don't you use your retirement to...?
00:11:21 Travel. You've never been away.
00:11:25 When we were young,
00:11:31 But we couldn't.
00:11:33 - Because of your heart.
00:11:36 So now...
00:11:38 Now...
00:11:40 Some Friday evenings,
00:11:43 I like turning round
00:11:53 I like noticing details
00:12:00 But I hate it in old American movies
00:12:09 Amélie doesn't have a boyfriend.
00:12:12 She tried once or twice,
00:12:16 Instead, she cultivates a taste
00:12:21 Plunging her hand deep into a sack of grain.
00:12:23 Cracking crème brûlée
00:12:26 with a teaspoon.
00:12:32 And skimming stones on the Canal St Martin.
00:13:16 They call him the Glass Man.
00:13:19 He was born with bones as brittle as crystal.
00:13:23 All his furniture is padded.
00:13:25 A handshake would be enough
00:13:28 He's stayed indoors for 20 years.
00:13:35 Time has changed nothing.
00:13:37 Amélie still takes refuge in solitude.
00:13:39 She amuses herself with silly questions
00:13:44 such as: "How many couples
00:13:58 Fifteen.
00:14:03 Finally, on the night of August 30th 1997.
00:14:05 comes the event
00:14:10 Lady Di, Princess of Wales,
00:14:15 with her companion Dodi Al Fayed...
00:15:09 Only the first man
00:15:13 would understand how she felt
00:15:15 on finding this treasure
00:15:18 hidden by a little boy 40 years ago.
00:15:27 On August 31st at 4am,
00:15:30 Amélie has a dazzling idea.
00:15:33 Wherever he was,
00:15:36 and give him back his treasure.
00:15:39 If he was touched,
00:15:43 If not, too bad.
00:15:52 The girl from the 5th floor!
00:15:56 Would you know of a boy
00:16:01 A boy? Come and have a glass of port.
00:16:05 - No, thanks.
00:16:08 Boys? I've known so many.
00:16:12 They're cute until they discover
00:16:16 I've known so many boys.
00:16:18 - When did you come here?
00:16:22 You'll have heard the story.
00:16:25 No, I don't think so.
00:16:27 I'm amazed. Sit down.
00:16:30 My husband worked for Ladybird Insurance.
00:16:33 It's no secret that he slept with his secretary.
00:16:38 They used every hotel around.
00:16:41 Not the grotty ones, either.
00:16:43 The bimbo liked spreading her legs,
00:16:46 but only on satin.
00:16:48 So my husband swiped from the till.
00:16:51 A little at first, then 50 million.
00:16:54 Off they flew to South America.
00:16:59 Drink up.
00:17:02 On January 20th 1970,
00:17:05 my doorbell rang.
00:17:08 "Your husband's been killed
00:17:14 My life stopped there.
00:17:16 And Black Lion died of heartbreak.
00:17:19 Poor creature.
00:17:25 See how lovingly
00:17:27 he still stares at his master?
00:17:30 One day
00:17:31 I'll read you his letters.
00:17:33 No, don't go!
00:17:34 You can spare five minutes.
00:17:37 He wrote this
00:17:39 from the barracks.
00:17:43 "Darling Mado." That's me.
00:17:44 I'm called Madeleine.
00:17:46 "I can't sleep, can't eat,
00:17:49 knowing that my only reason to live
00:17:54 I won't see her until a fortnight on Friday,
00:17:56 when my sweet little weasel
00:18:02 in her strappy blue dress."
00:18:05 In brackets: "The one you think
00:18:18 Has anyone ever written to you like that?
00:18:20 No. I'm nobody's little weasel.
00:18:25 My name's Madeleine Wells.
00:18:27 Madeleine, like Mary Magdalene.
00:18:30 She wept, right? And Wells as in water.
00:18:34 Talk about being born to cry!
00:18:42 About your question...
00:18:43 Ask Collignon, the grocer.
00:18:50 Hello, Amélie-mellow!
00:18:52 A fig and three hazelnuts, as usual?
00:18:55 Who lived in my flat in the '50s?
00:18:58 - What was their name?
00:19:02 In 1950, I was two.
00:19:06 The "cretin" is Lucien.
00:19:08 He's no genius, but Amélie likes him.
00:19:12 he handles each endive like a precious object
00:19:15 to be treated with care.
00:19:18 his love of good work.
00:19:20 Look at him!
00:19:21 Like he's nursing a baby bird
00:19:25 Don't ask him for currants!
00:19:28 You'd be here till Monday!
00:19:31 Get moving, spastic!
00:19:33 She hasn't got all day.
00:19:38 Here.
00:19:40 Go and see my mother.
00:19:44 Elephant Mum!
00:19:47 Thank you.
00:20:07 Bredoteau.
00:20:10 Sorry?
00:20:11 It's the name you're after.
00:20:13 But if it's me that says so,
00:20:18 Ignore him. He's senile.
00:20:21 See what he's done to my laurel?
00:20:27 His old job was punching métro tickets.
00:20:29 For three months now,
00:20:35 - in my laurels!
00:20:38 - We all need a way to relax.
00:20:43 - You do?
00:20:47 - I file everything.
00:20:50 Your son's nearly 50
00:20:55 You were still squeezing his toothpaste at 15,
00:21:00 Right. Camus...
00:21:02 2nd floor on the right. Brossard...
00:21:06 Got it!
00:21:08 Bredoteau, 5th floor on the right.
00:21:10 They were from the Pas de Calais.
00:21:13 Bredoteau. What more can I say?
00:22:20 Groping under the photo booth
00:22:28 When Amélie lacked playmates,
00:22:44 Five miles apart, one dreamed
00:22:49 to spend all their time with.
00:23:13 Hi, Dad.
00:23:15 A new friend?
00:23:18 No, I've had him for years.
00:23:20 Your mother hated him,
00:23:24 There. Let's reconcile them.
00:23:30 There. Not bad, eh?
00:23:36 Dad, if you found a precious relic
00:23:42 how would it make you feel?
00:23:47 I didn't have this gnome when I was a child.
00:23:49 He was a retirement gift from my old regiment.
00:23:53 No, I mean something you hid
00:23:59 I should varnish him before autumn.
00:24:05 I'll make some tea. Do you want some?
00:24:08 Breathe in. Hold still.
00:24:12 Better now?
00:24:14 Shut the door!
00:24:16 There's a howling gale.
00:24:18 It's hardly Siberia.
00:24:20 I can see you're not allergic
00:24:22 to car fumes.
00:24:27 Coughed up a pleura? Sure.
00:24:29 - What's on the menu today, Suzanne?
00:24:32 They'll have you on your knees, you'll see.
00:24:35 They're good, then?
00:24:36 - Depends where.
00:24:38 Not good!
00:24:45 12:15, laughs orgasmically
00:24:49 He's going to drive me berserk!
00:24:52 Can't he give up?
00:24:56 Goodbye.
00:24:58 Suzanne.
00:24:59 - Suzanne.
00:25:01 "Au gratin" means white sauce, right?
00:25:04 Yes, why?
00:25:06 I can't stomach it. Like you and horse meat.
00:25:11 It's not my stomach, it's my memory.
00:25:15 I'd rather cook human flesh.
00:25:16 You're kidding!
00:25:30 Suzanne, would you mind if I left early today?
00:25:34 What's his name?
00:25:36 Dominique Bredoteau.
00:25:44 Hello.
00:25:47 Are you Dominique Bredoteau?
00:25:49 That's me.
00:25:50 Why?
00:25:52 It's about...
00:25:55 ...the petition.
00:25:56 Petition?
00:25:58 Yes. The petition to...
00:26:04 ...to canonise Lady Di.
00:26:06 No, thanks.
00:26:08 No.
00:26:17 Ladies and gentlemen, sorry to bother you...
00:26:24 - Yes?
00:26:26 I'm looking for Dominique Bredoteau
00:26:31 Come up. Third floor.
00:26:44 Hello, kitten.
00:26:48 Earl Grey?
00:26:49 Jasmine?
00:26:51 What will you have?
00:26:58 I'm working.
00:27:09 There. I'm coming.
00:27:11 Do you know where I can find
00:27:16 Oh, my poor dear!
00:27:19 You just missed him.
00:27:22 Look, there he goes now.
00:27:34 Bre-to-deau.
00:27:36 Not Bre-do-teau.
00:27:38 You need
00:27:40 a glass of mulled wine.
00:27:43 Come in.
00:27:45 Come on in.
00:27:49 I've lived here for five years.
00:27:54 I never go out on the landing.
00:27:57 I'm fussy about who I meet.
00:28:01 They're all creeps anyway.
00:28:05 Come in. Here.
00:28:07 Come in.
00:28:10 They call me the Glass Man,
00:28:12 but my name is Raymond Dufayel.
00:28:17 - Amélie Poulain. I'm a waitress at...
00:28:22 And you've come back empty-handed
00:28:29 Because it's not "do", it's "to".
00:28:32 - Like "Toto".
00:28:39 I love that painting.
00:28:40 It's the Luncheon Of The Boating Party.
00:28:45 By Renoir.
00:28:52 I've painted one each year for twenty years.
00:28:57 The hardest part is the looks.
00:29:00 I sometimes feel they deliberately change
00:29:06 They look quite happy there.
00:29:08 They should be.
00:29:10 This year they had hare with morels.
00:29:14 And waffles with jam for the children.
00:29:17 Now, what have I done
00:29:25 Ah, you've noticed my video camera
00:29:30 It's a gift from my sister-in-law.
00:29:33 I put it there
00:29:36 so I don't need to wind up my clocks.
00:29:40 After all these years,
00:29:43 the only person I still can't capture
00:29:47 is the girl with the glass of water.
00:29:50 She's in the middle,
00:29:51 yet she's on the outside.
00:29:56 Maybe she's just different from the others.
00:30:00 In what way?
00:30:03 I don't know.
00:30:04 When she was little, she can't
00:30:11 Maybe never.
00:30:17 Here.
00:30:19 Dominique Bretodeau, 27 Rue Mouffetard.
00:30:24 It's for you.
00:30:26 Every Tuesday morning,
00:30:31 He usually roasts it
00:30:35 After carving the legs,
00:30:38 he loves picking the hot carcass
00:30:42 starting with the oysters.
00:30:47 But not today. Bretodeau won't buy a chicken.
00:30:51 He'll go no further
00:30:52 than this phone booth here.
00:32:04 In a flash, it all came back to him.
00:32:08 Federico Bahamontes
00:32:14 Aunt Josette's slips.
00:32:19 And most of all, that tragic day.
00:32:23 That tragic day
00:32:35 Bretodeau!
00:32:40 Bretodeau!
00:32:48 The pinch, Bretodeau!
00:32:51 Do you understand, Bretodeau?
00:33:00 Cognac, please.
00:33:07 It's amazing, what just happened to me.
00:33:10 It must be my guardian angel.
00:33:14 It was as if the phone booth was calling me.
00:33:17 It rang and rang.
00:33:22 Same here. The microwave's calling me.
00:33:27 I'll have another cognac.
00:33:38 Life's strange.
00:33:42 To a kid, time always drags.
00:33:48 All that's left of your childhood
00:33:50 fits in a little box,
00:33:53 a little rusty box.
00:33:58 Have you got kids, miss?
00:34:05 I have a daughter.
00:34:12 We haven't spoken for years.
00:34:15 I heard she had a child, a boy.
00:34:19 His name is Lucas.
00:34:26 I think it's time I looked them up
00:34:32 Don't you think?
00:34:41 Amélie suddenly has a strange feeling
00:34:46 It's a perfect moment. Soft light,
00:34:53 She breathes deeply.
00:34:56 A surge of love,
00:35:13 Let me help you. Step down.
00:35:16 Off we go!
00:35:19 She's worn his coat since the day he died.
00:35:22 The horse's head on the butcher's
00:35:25 That's the florist laughing. He has crinkly eyes.
00:35:29 In the bakery window there are lollipops!
00:35:32 Mmm. Smell that.
00:35:34 They're giving out melon slices.
00:35:38 Sugarplum ice cream!
00:35:40 We're passing the pork butcher.
00:35:43 Ham, 79 francs. Spareribs, 45!
00:35:46 Now the cheese shop.
00:35:50 At the butcher's a baby's watching a dog
00:35:55 Now we're at the newspaper kiosk
00:35:59 I'll leave you here. Bye.
00:36:52 "She can't relate to other people."
00:36:57 "She was always a lonely child."
00:37:02 On a sparkling evening in July,
00:37:05 while on the beaches holidaymakers
00:37:08 relax in the new-found sun,
00:37:11 and in Paris the sweltering crowds
00:37:14 gaze at the first bursts
00:37:16 of the traditional fireworks,
00:37:19 godmother of outcasts,
00:37:23 Madonna of the unloved,
00:37:25 finally succumbs to exhaustion.
00:37:27 In Paris' grief-stricken streets,
00:37:32 a vast throng of mourners
00:37:35 line her funeral route in silence
00:37:38 with the measureless sorrow
00:37:44 What a strange destiny for one
00:37:46 who gave her all,
00:37:47 yet took such joy in life's simple pleasures.
00:37:53 Like Don Quixote, she pitted herself
00:37:57 against the grinding windmill
00:38:12 It was a losing battle
00:38:14 that claimed her life too soon.
00:38:16 At barely 23, Amélie Poulain
00:38:19 let her young, tired body merge
00:38:22 with the ebb and flow of universal woe.
00:38:26 As she went, she felt a stab of regret
00:38:32 without trying to give his stifled life
00:38:36 the breath of air she had given
00:38:40 to so many others.
00:40:58 Wait!
00:41:05 Wait!
00:41:09 Wait...
00:41:12 Wait, wait!
00:41:59 Pages full of dud ID photos
00:42:05 carefully reassembled by some oddball.
00:42:09 Some family album!
00:42:16 A pack of Gauloises.
00:42:17 Just a second. It's so smoky in here.
00:42:21 - I can't see a thing.
00:42:24 - There?
00:42:29 Thank you. You need change.
00:42:31 Forget it.
00:42:33 - Yes?
00:42:35 A mauresque for the young man.
00:42:38 One kir aligoté, one mauresque,
00:42:42 Was that prenuptial or post-coital smooching?
00:42:45 Is your bullshit congenital?
00:42:49 - Prenuptial.
00:42:51 You'll find Mr. Right one day.
00:42:54 All women want to sleep on a man's shoulder.
00:42:58 All men snore after a few drinks,
00:43:02 I had an operation on my nasal cavities.
00:43:06 I see you're a born romantic.
00:43:10 I see you've never known true love.
00:43:14 I did. It shortened my leg.
00:43:18 - I thought you fell off a horse.
00:43:23 I was in love with a trapeze artist.
00:43:25 I should have known.
00:43:29 He dropped me just before my act.
00:43:34 It floored me. And the horse.
00:43:37 With me under it.
00:43:42 The mauresque?
00:43:45 Still, true love does exist.
00:43:48 I'm not saying it doesn't.
00:43:52 I'm an expert. I can even give you the recipe.
00:43:58 Take two regulars.
00:44:00 Let each think the other fancies them.
00:44:04 It never fails.
00:44:15 Excuse me!
00:44:16 Excuse me.
00:44:18 - I've had enough.
00:44:23 Haven't you hurt enough people?
00:44:29 Gina can defend herself.
00:44:31 I don't mean Gina. I mean Georgette.
00:44:37 Georgette?
00:44:38 Open your eyes! She craves your attention
00:44:41 but you only have eyes for Gina.
00:44:45 Poor girl! The things she does
00:44:49 to catch your eye!
00:44:53 You really must be blind.
00:45:04 I'm off on a date. Bye!
00:45:06 Goodbye.
00:45:11 Whoever her new one is,
00:45:13 he can't be worse
00:45:18 Joseph's not so nutty.
00:45:21 He's just in pain.
00:45:23 Come off it, Amélie.
00:45:26 To keep on coming here every day,
00:45:29 Don't say you haven't noticed.
00:45:34 Noticed what?
00:45:35 He always sits here, right?
00:45:38 Yes.
00:45:40 Sit down.
00:45:42 Sit down, Georgette.
00:45:46 - What can you see?
00:45:50 And nothing's missing?
00:45:52 No.
00:45:54 Make an effort.
00:46:03 I don't get it!
00:46:05 I'll leave you to think about it. Good night.
00:46:25 Good morning.
00:46:28 Letter Arrives 30 Years Late.
00:46:31 A mailbag found by climbers
00:46:38 lost in a plane crash in the late 1960s.
00:46:43 So sad! A young, pretty princess for once.
00:46:46 Would it be less sad if she were old and ugly?
00:46:49 Of course. Look at Mother Teresa.
00:46:53 Is he still chasing Gina?
00:46:55 No, he's after somebody else now.
00:46:58 - Anyone I know?
00:47:02 Funny about this glacier.
00:47:04 Somebody at The Two Windmills?
00:47:07 Not you, surely!
00:47:10 No.
00:47:12 Not Suzanne.
00:47:15 Surely not!
00:47:17 Yes.
00:47:22 - Look. There he is again.
00:47:26 - And here.
00:47:29 "Gare de Lyon."
00:47:33 And here.
00:47:34 "March 5th, Austerlitz."
00:47:35 Always the same blank expression.
00:47:40 Twelve times.
00:47:42 I counted.
00:47:45 It's very odd.
00:47:46 Why keep taking your picture all over town
00:47:51 Good ones, too.
00:47:54 It's like a sort of ritual.
00:47:57 Maybe he's so terrified
00:47:59 of growing old, it's his only consolation.
00:48:05 He's dead.
00:48:07 Dead?
00:48:08 Yes. He's scared of being forgotten.
00:48:11 So he uses the photo booths
00:48:15 Like faxing his portrait from the afterlife.
00:48:20 A dead man who's scared of being forgotten.
00:48:24 At least these guys here have made it.
00:48:27 They're long dead,
00:48:29 but they'll never be forgotten.
00:48:36 - The girl with the glass...
00:48:38 Maybe she's distracted
00:48:42 Somebody in the picture?
00:48:45 No.
00:48:46 More likely a boy she saw somewhere,
00:48:49 and felt an affinity with.
00:48:52 You mean, she'd rather imagine herself
00:48:59 than build relationships with those around her?
00:49:06 No.
00:49:07 Maybe she tries hard
00:49:11 What about her?
00:49:13 And her own messy life?
00:49:18 Who'll fix that?
00:49:21 It's better to help people than a garden gnome.
00:50:37 The driver had 2.8g of alcohol in his blood!
00:50:42 Makes me sick!
00:50:43 Talk about employing irresponsible morons!
00:50:46 Mr. Collignon.
00:50:48 - You forgot your keys...
00:50:52 Model yourself on Lucien.
00:50:54 No radar will ever catch him
00:50:58 You shouldn't do that, Mr. Collignon.
00:51:01 It's not his fault.
00:51:03 True, Mrs. Cauchoix!
00:51:04 It's not his fault he can't sleep. It's Lady Di's.
00:51:10 Guess what I found in the truck.
00:51:14 He'd pasted Lady Di's face over the model's.
00:51:20 What today? Five asparagus,
00:51:23 or more local history?
00:51:25 Nothing.
00:51:36 [KEYS CUT WHILE YOU WAIT]
00:51:49 Thank you.
00:51:52 The migraine seems to be better.
00:51:54 Yes, but my sciatica kept me awake all night.
00:51:58 - It's ages since I saw you looking so good.
00:52:02 A woman without love
00:52:13 Strange weather today.
00:52:15 What's so funny?
00:52:17 Everyone who's come in today
00:52:20 We pass the time of day
00:52:23 We do it to keep us from talking crap.
00:52:26 I write crap but nobody wants to publish it.
00:52:29 - Another rejection?
00:52:31 Isn't your cousin a book critic?
00:52:34 Forget it! Critics are like leeches
00:52:37 sucking the blood of writers.
00:52:40 Is your book a love story?
00:52:44 No, it's about a guy who keeps a journal.
00:52:47 Not about what's happened to him,
00:52:49 but disasters that might happen in the future.
00:52:52 - So he gets depressed and does nothing.
00:52:59 Suzanne,
00:53:00 I'll dedicate the manuscript to you.
00:53:02 He's only doing it so you'll write off his tab!
00:53:06 His scribbles for my nibbles.
00:53:15 What took you so long?
00:53:19 Look at the time!
00:53:22 Somebody peed in his mother!
00:54:15 [Foot cream]
00:55:25 Without you, today's emotions
00:55:30 "Without you,
00:55:33 of yesterday's."
00:55:36 Sorry?
00:55:37 Without you, today's emotions
00:55:42 Tickets, please.
00:55:48 How's work?
00:55:51 - You've already asked me that.
00:55:57 You're keeping well?
00:55:59 Pretty much.
00:56:02 I feel a change.
00:56:08 I had two heart attacks
00:56:11 because I did crack while I was pregnant.
00:56:15 Other than that, I'm fine.
00:56:16 Good.
00:56:18 Good.
00:56:22 Is something wrong?
00:56:27 No, nothing.
00:56:29 Your garden gnome's gone.
00:56:33 Is he back in the tool shed?
00:56:48 Moscow.
00:56:49 There.
00:56:53 No explanation.
00:56:55 Maybe he just wanted to see the world.
00:57:01 I can't understand it.
00:57:04 I can't understand it.
00:57:21 [LOST... BAG... PHOTOS]
00:57:28 Any normal girl
00:57:31 meet him at a café to return the album.
00:57:33 Then she would know if her dream was viable.
00:57:37 It's called a reality check,
00:57:47 I say!
00:57:48 She's not falling in love, is she?
00:59:17 ...and 30 makes 50.
00:59:20 Yes, ladies?
00:59:22 - A pound of leeks.
00:59:24 OK.
00:59:27 - Where's the boss?
00:59:31 What?
00:59:32 He's sleeping in the cauliflowers.
00:59:35 Oh, right.
00:59:43 You want me... want what?
00:59:44 A scratch card, please.
00:59:55 How does it work?
00:59:59 Tell you what.
01:00:01 I'll take one too, and we'll do this together.
01:00:07 You scratch it here...
01:00:11 ...sideways.
01:00:22 Nothing. You?
01:00:23 No, me neither.
01:00:29 Unlucky at cards...
01:00:33 So they say!
01:00:37 I have to get back.
01:00:39 OK. See you.
01:00:50 Porno Video Palace.
01:00:52 I'm calling about the ad.
01:00:54 - Are you over 18?
01:00:57 - Shaved?
01:01:00 Are you shaved? Fur pie doesn't sell.
01:01:23 How's life, Mrs. Wells?
01:01:25 When you've nothing to live for...
01:01:27 - Don't say that. Life's great!
01:01:47 Hello, Mr. Dufayel.
01:01:49 Hello, Lucien.
01:01:50 Here's your order, Mr. Dufayel.
01:01:54 I doubt it. I hate artichokes.
01:01:58 You shouldn't.
01:01:59 Watch this.
01:02:07 Take it.
01:02:12 That's better.
01:02:26 Lucien, you're a wizard!
01:02:28 All courtesy of Mr. Collignon.
01:02:34 Mr. Collignon? Lucien...
01:02:37 Sorry, Mr. Dufayel. It just slipped out.
01:02:40 Practice, Lucien!
01:02:42 Practice!
01:02:44 Repeat after me.
01:02:46 Collignon, down the john.
01:02:50 - Col... Collignon, down the john.
01:02:53 Your turn now. Go on. Collignon...
01:02:59 Collignon, big moron!
01:03:01 See? You can do it when you want to!
01:03:04 Collignon, dead and gone!
01:03:06 Very good!
01:03:09 Collignon...
01:03:10 - Collignon, big moron, down the john!
01:03:22 OK! That's enough for today.
01:03:24 Enough! Enough!
01:03:26 Lucien, stop!
01:03:29 Very good.
01:03:32 Mr. Dufayel, I found this under your mat.
01:04:53 Still no win!
01:04:55 Me neither.
01:05:00 May I?
01:05:02 There's a little...
01:05:10 You're gorgeous
01:05:12 when you blush.
01:05:14 Like a wild flower.
01:05:17 It's my dyspepsia.
01:05:22 Morning, all.
01:05:24 Beautiful day.
01:05:45 Pack of Gitanes, please.
01:05:47 Bravo! Vive la France! You scalded me.
01:05:50 Bravo! Ten out of ten! Bull's-eye!
01:05:59 It was Amélie. She...
01:06:35 Do you know what happened
01:06:39 The silicon in her face froze up.
01:06:42 Her face was a festering mass!
01:07:12 Mulled wine and ginger biscuits.
01:07:17 Thank you.
01:07:19 I was too hard the other day
01:07:23 Tell me about that boy she saw.
01:07:28 No.
01:07:31 They're into different things.
01:07:33 Luck is like the Tour de France.
01:07:36 You wait, and it flashes past you.
01:07:40 You have to catch it while you can.
01:08:08 Can I help you?
01:08:10 Excuse me.
01:08:13 Nino will be so pleased!
01:08:18 I almost prayed to St Anthony.
01:08:21 Is... Nino there?
01:08:23 No. On Wednesdays he works at the funfair.
01:08:28 How long has he had this collection?
01:08:31 Since I got him the job here, last year.
01:08:35 Before, he collected footprints.
01:08:39 In the daytime
01:08:45 He's a funny guy.
01:08:48 When we met, he was a Santa Claus.
01:08:53 Other things like...
01:08:55 Whenever he heard a funny laugh, he'd tape it.
01:09:03 Really?
01:09:06 Must be hard for his girlfriend.
01:09:08 He never keeps them long.
01:09:11 Times are hard for dreamers.
01:09:14 Eva! Where are those coffees?
01:09:16 I'd better go. Thanks for the album.
01:09:19 It's OK. I've got time to take it to the funfair.
01:09:23 Suit yourself. The ghost train.
01:09:51 I'm looking for Nino. Is he here?
01:09:54 He doesn't get off till seven.
01:09:57 - Is there no way to see him before?
01:10:01 20 francs.
01:11:13 See you next Wednesday.
01:11:27 5pm tomorrow, Montmartre carousel
01:11:49 Want to know about her?
01:11:54 - You know her? You saw her?
01:11:57 She put us in her shirt pocket.
01:12:00 Next to her breast.
01:12:02 Is she pretty?
01:12:04 Not bad.
01:12:07 - Beautiful.
01:12:09 - Beautiful.
01:12:10 - What does she want from you?
01:12:14 She wants a reward for the album.
01:12:17 Or she collects photos, too.
01:12:19 She wants to trade us
01:12:28 No, you dope!
01:12:31 She's in love.
01:12:33 - I don't even know her.
01:12:36 Since when?
01:12:38 You've always known her.
01:12:39 In your dreams.
01:12:54 Hello?
01:12:55 Yes. You! Man with the plastic bag! It's for you.
01:13:01 - Me?
01:13:06 Thank you.
01:13:09 Hello?
01:13:10 Follow the blue arrows, Mr. Quincampoix.
01:14:38 When the finger's pointing to the sky,
01:15:55 Hello?
01:15:57 I know the stranger in the pictures.
01:15:59 He's a ghost. He's invisible, Mr. Quincampoix.
01:16:03 He only appears when the film is developed.
01:16:07 When a girl has her photo taken,
01:16:10 he goes "Oooh!" in her ear,
01:16:16 That's how he got caught, Mr. Quincampoix.
01:16:23 Who are you?
01:16:24 Page 51.
01:16:34 [DO YOU
01:16:36 WANT
01:16:37 TO MEET ME?]
01:18:18 Listen to this. "A boy of six,
01:18:21 while his parents sleep, drives off
01:18:23 in a pedal car.
01:18:25 Found on a motorway
01:18:29 he told the police he wanted to see the stars."
01:18:32 Isn't life beautiful, eh?
01:18:36 Love. The only bug she hadn't caught!
01:18:41 - Nobody's immune.
01:18:44 Love's a great beautician.
01:18:48 What's she like? Tall? Small? Blonde? Dark?
01:18:54 Let's say... average height.
01:18:57 Not a dwarf or a giraffe. Normal.
01:19:02 Pretty, for her type.
01:19:04 As for blonde or dark...
01:19:08 ...it's hard to say, but she wasn't a redhead.
01:19:11 - Unless...
01:19:14 I do remember she casually asked
01:19:19 And?
01:19:20 I said you weren't interested, right?
01:19:24 You didn't!
01:19:25 What do you care? You don't even know her.
01:19:29 - Exactly. It's the mystery.
01:19:33 A pound of nectarines, please.
01:19:35 These ones here are the prettiest.
01:19:38 Trust him. He's an artist!
01:19:40 He's been going home every night
01:19:43 What for? Is he stewing a pig?
01:19:47 No, sir! He's studying art!
01:19:49 He sells leeks all day long
01:19:53 The boy's a useless vegetable.
01:19:55 A good prompter
01:19:56 in each cellar window
01:20:00 would mean shy people had the last laugh.
01:20:03 At least you'll never be a vegetable.
01:20:05 Even artichokes
01:20:07 have hearts.
01:20:11 You'll never be a vegetable.
01:20:56 Memory seven.
01:21:16 Darling Mado,
01:21:20 I'm an exile in a world of dreary khaki.
01:21:23 I can't sleep, can't eat...
01:21:26 This camp was the biggest mistake of my life,
01:21:29 depriving me of my beloved
01:21:32 I think of you endlessly. Your Adrien.
01:21:37 I turned down my last month's wages
01:21:43 I dream of better times ahead.
01:21:46 An orange-coloured day. Remember, my love?
01:21:50 Your ever-loving Adrien.
01:21:54 Good news, darling Mado.
01:21:56 Soon I'll be able to afford a car
01:21:59 and drive home every night.
01:22:02 Till then, meet me on Friday and we'll go out.
01:24:53 [MOTHER]
01:24:58 Psychiatric Helpline.
01:25:02 Hello? Hello?
01:25:32 [WHERE & WHEN?]
01:25:45 One hour later at 11 Boulevard St Martin,
01:25:47 Amélie walks into a party goods
01:25:52 At the same time,
01:25:58 26 minutes later, Amélie is at the photo booth
01:26:06 Simultaneously,
01:26:10 The time is exactly 11:40.
01:26:59 At this precise moment,
01:27:01 only Amélie has the key
01:27:11 How's it going, Mrs. Wells?
01:27:13 It's always better when it's not raining.
01:27:16 - This is for you.
01:27:28 Dear Mrs. Wells,
01:27:32 that was lost in a plane crash
01:27:34 on October 12th 1969 on Mont Blanc.
01:27:38 We are forwarding the enclosed letter
01:27:42 Please accept our apologies
01:27:46 Jacques Grosjean, Customer Services.
01:27:50 Darling Mado, I'm in exile.
01:27:55 I think of you endlessly.
01:27:57 I know I've made
01:28:00 I turned down that woman's money.
01:28:03 If all goes well,
01:28:08 I dream of better times ahead
01:28:11 when you'll forgive me and join me here
01:28:15 one orange-coloured day.
01:28:48 Mr. Dufayel, another package for you.
01:29:00 Mr. Dufayel, do you know
01:29:05 She got a letter.
01:29:07 From her husband. 40 years late.
01:29:13 That's a lot, isn't it, Mr. Dufayel?
01:29:28 I'm not big on still life, Mr. Dufayel.
01:29:31 Then work on your thin layer.
01:29:35 Fat over thin. Always!
01:29:56 - Mr. Dufayel...
01:29:58 The papers said
01:30:02 - So you're into stars now?
01:30:11 I don't know if it's true.
01:30:13 In America
01:30:16 they're going to take all the rich people's ashes,
01:30:19 put them in a satellite
01:30:22 and shoot it into space.
01:30:24 The satellite's going to shine for ever.
01:30:31 And Lady Di...
01:30:33 Will they do the same for her?
01:30:35 Lady Di, Lady Di!
01:30:36 Give it a rest!
01:30:37 I can't concentrate.
01:30:42 Lady Di!
01:30:44 Lady Di!
01:30:46 Renoir.
01:32:29 Morning, sir.
01:32:47 Cambodia.
01:32:53 I don't understand.
01:32:55 Brilliant! You couldn't have done better.
01:32:59 - Did it work?
01:33:02 Ask me again any time. The harm's done.
01:33:05 - What do you mean?
01:34:15 [The Two Windmills café from 4pm.]
01:34:24 - Eva?
01:34:26 Could you stand in for me at four?
01:34:30 Again?
01:34:35 Close the door!
01:34:39 What's up with him?
01:34:41 Is he sulking?
01:34:42 - He thinks I smile too much.
01:34:46 With other men, yes.
01:34:52 Nino is late. Amélie can only think
01:34:56 Firstly, that he didn't find the photo.
01:35:00 Secondly, before he could assemble it,
01:35:03 a gang of bank robbers took him hostage.
01:35:07 The cops gave chase.
01:35:09 They got away,
01:35:11 but he caused a crash.
01:35:14 When he came to,
01:35:16 he'd lost his memory,
01:35:19 An ex-con picked him up,
01:35:21 mistook him for a fugitive,
01:35:26 He met some Afghan raiders,
01:35:29 who took him to steal
01:35:36 But their truck hit a mine
01:35:40 He survived, took to the hills,
01:35:45 Amélie refuses to get upset for a guy
01:35:48 who'll eat borscht all his life
01:36:12 - What can I get you?
01:36:15 A coffee.
01:36:39 Here's your coffee.
01:36:42 Thank you.
01:37:07 [Today's menu]
01:37:18 He's understood.
01:37:20 He's going to put his teaspoon down,
01:37:25 dip his finger in the sugar,
01:37:33 turn around slowly,
01:37:36 and speak to me.
01:37:43 Excuse me.
01:37:47 Is this you?
01:37:55 Yes, it's you.
01:38:17 I'll take that.
01:38:21 Another coffee?
01:38:23 - No, thanks. I'm fine.
01:38:45 So it's this man here,
01:38:51 Yes.
01:38:55 Is she in love with him?
01:39:00 Yes.
01:39:03 I think it's time she took a real risk.
01:39:07 She might just do that.
01:39:11 She's fond of stratagems.
01:39:17 Yes.
01:39:20 In fact, she's cowardly.
01:39:23 That's why I can't capture her look.
01:39:28 Dufayel's attempts to meddle are intolerable!
01:39:36 If Amélie chooses to live in a dream
01:39:42 and remain an introverted young woman,
01:39:47 she has an absolute right to mess up her life!
01:40:26 What are you doing, Mr. Dufayel?
01:40:30 Tell me, Lucien.
01:40:32 For deliveries,
01:40:50 One of your booths is out of order.
01:40:56 It seems to be jammed.
01:40:59 Gare de I'Est ticket hall.
01:41:04 - Buy a video, get one free.
01:41:14 Sam?
01:41:16 Samantha?
01:41:21 Samantha?
01:41:27 Can you stand in for me at...
01:41:51 Photo booth, Gare de I'Est ticket hall,
01:41:55 [Can you stand in for me this afternoon?]
01:43:09 Almost done.
01:43:16 The mystery man wasn't a ghost
01:43:20 but simply the repairman,
01:43:22 a normal guy doing his job.
01:43:27 Sorry.
01:44:14 He keeps spying on me!
01:44:17 4:05: Blatant female conspiracy.
01:44:22 Gosh, you're tense, Georgette!
01:44:26 Good luck. You'll need it.
01:44:33 Excuse me. Did you put this in my pocket?
01:44:38 - Yes, but I'm not the one...
01:44:41 She's at her father's.
01:44:43 It's awkward. I'd like to speak to you, but...
01:44:48 - Can you come back?
01:44:51 See you later.
01:44:52 4:08: Docking scheduled.
01:45:28 The blond guy in a camel coat.
01:45:33 How come?
01:45:35 He came back three times the same afternoon.
01:45:39 1:12:
01:45:40 Camel coat.
01:45:42 2:50:
01:45:43 Camel coat.
01:45:45 - 4:17: Camel coat.
01:45:48 My rash has come back! Look, Suzanne!
01:45:51 My rash is back. He's driving me nuts.
01:45:55 Lay off!
01:45:57 If she had a clear conscience,
01:46:02 I've had it. I'm going home.
01:46:04 Psychos are the last straw!
01:46:09 Georgette! Georg...
01:46:12 Stop smothering them!
01:46:15 You let them breathe,
01:46:18 Fresh air's healthy.
01:46:20 Shut it, failure!
01:46:25 Failed writer, failed life...
01:46:27 I love the word "fail".
01:46:29 Failure is human destiny.
01:46:31 It's gasbag time!
01:46:33 Failure teaches us that life is but a draft,
01:46:36 a long rehearsal for a show that will never play.
01:46:42 I bet he stole that.
01:46:44 I do have some original ideas,
01:46:46 but people always steal them.
01:46:52 Meaning?
01:46:54 Meaning you'd better get used to it.
01:46:57 Speak for yourself, you...
01:47:00 What?
01:47:05 - What's going on?
01:47:08 Joseph got mad.
01:47:10 "Went out?"
01:47:11 Just like Gina. You know who's she's with?
01:47:18 I saw their little game.
01:47:21 The note in the coat pocket,
01:47:23 4:08.
01:47:25 Back he comes, and hey presto!
01:47:32 - I'm worried for Amélie because I like you.
01:47:37 By and large, the men I like
01:47:41 - I'd like to know more about you.
01:47:47 One swallow doesn't make...?
01:47:50 A swallow?
01:47:52 A summer.
01:47:54 And clothes...?
01:47:55 The man.
01:47:57 - A good cat deserves...?
01:47:58 - Patience...?
01:48:00 - Rolling stone...?
01:48:02 - It's a sin...?
01:48:04 Absence makes...?
01:48:06 The heart grow fonder.
01:48:08 - Not bad.
01:48:10 In my family, we say a man
01:48:19 Pretty girl from the 5th floor, listen to this!
01:48:22 - Do you believe in miracles?
01:48:27 You're in for a surprise.
01:48:29 What if I told you that a team of climbers
01:48:32 on Mont Blanc had found
01:48:36 hard proof that my husband loved me?
01:49:14 Lucien, I need some yeast.
01:49:16 For Miss Amélie?
01:49:20 Collignon! Go and get the yeast.
01:50:17 Amélie?
01:50:19 Amélie?
01:50:27 Amélie?
01:50:50 [I'll be back]
01:51:22 Go into the bedroom, Miss Poulain.
01:51:41 So, little Amélie,
01:51:45 your bones aren't made of glass.
01:51:49 You can take life's knocks.
01:51:52 If you let this chance go by,
01:51:56 eventually your heart will become
01:52:03 as dry and brittle as my skeleton.
01:52:11 So...
01:52:12 Go and get him, for pete's sake!
01:55:03 [Without you, today's emotions
01:56:05 International airport.
01:56:07 September 28th 1997. It is exactly 11am.
01:56:12 At the funfair, near the ghost train,
01:56:15 the marshmallow twister is twisting.
01:56:18 Meanwhile, on a bench in Villette Square,
01:56:20 Félix Lerbier learns there are more links
01:56:27 Meanwhile,
01:56:28 at the Sacré Cœur,
01:56:32 The temperature is 24°C,
01:56:34 humidity 70%,
01:56:36 atmospheric pressure 999 millibars.