The French film "Amelie the Angel" is a film co-directed by the famous directors Jean-Pierre Genet and Marc Carroll, starring Audrey Tautou and Maddie Cassowitz. Humorous light comedy. Jean-Pierre Genai favored unusual, even cartoonish characters and unconventional camera angles. In his cooperation with Marc Carroll, Carroll is better at creating picture effects, while Genai focuses on the guidance and regulation of actors and the shaping of characters. And this time they chose Emily Bran as a character to shape, and they just played their respective strengths. The whole film is quirky, full of fantastic imagination, and conveys the message of happiness to the audience in a light-hearted, humorous and bitter way.
Genet did extensive pre-work for the film, capturing with keen insight the details of life that come from real life but are endowed with romantic poetry. They make the whole film delicate and moving, with a strong appeal.
In this film, Jean-Pierre Genai perfectly unites the tradition of French poetic cinema with a personal style, employing animation, special effects and exaggerated comedy. What is amazing in the film is not just Emily herself, but the incredible "props": the little pig at Emily's bedside will help her turn off the light, a 4×4 ID photo in Nino's photo album, the same Individuals can talk to each other in four quarters. When Emily saw Nino, the lover of her dreams, her heart beat so violently that she knocked the perfume bottle to the ground.
The film depicts a group of lonely people who have difficulties in emotional communication and are full of a sense of loss. This is a completely realistic description. It is an indisputable fact that the relationship between families and neighbors in Western society is weak. This film also reflects the endless nostalgia of director Genet and his nostalgia for the Paris of his dreams, such as the endless crowd in front of Notre Dame de Paris, the performance artist who plays the sculptor in the park, and Francois in the cinema. Truffaut's classic film "Jules and Jim". The location of the film's story, the Double Mill Cafe in Montmartre Heights, has now become a scene of tourists from all over the world visiting the flower capital of Paris. The walls of the cafe are pasted with photos with Audrey Tautou's signature.
Interestingly, this film can never be summed up as a mixed bag, as people's perceptions go completely to two extremes. Supporters all affirmed that it was a rare masterpiece in the French film industry in recent years, while opponents unceremoniously said that it was a hodgepodge of "Monte Cristo" and "Cinderella". For example, the art director of the Edinburgh Film Festival chose this film as the opening film, "I can't find a more cheerful film to open, and I can't find a better work to set the tone for the following two weeks". But there are also many critics who accuse the film of being too fanciful, failing to faithfully reflect today's Paris, indulging in nostalgia too much, and lacking the power of realism.
This film has distinctive artistic features. The director uses the lens in a unique way. The walk of the camera always puts the audience in the middle of the movie characters, allowing the audience to directly participate in the development of the story. The unique angle of the lens gives a sense of close distance, as if The characters in the movie are talking to themselves. In this way, it is easier for the audience to figure out Emily's state of mind at every moment.
Actress Audrey Tautou played a great success in "Venus Beauty Salon" in 1999 and won the "Cesar Award for Best Picture" in that year. In the film, Audrey Tautou played a young man. The beautician, her performance won the "Cesar Award for Most Promising Newcomer". The film's leading actor, Maddie Cassowitz, is also a big-name star. He not only has superb acting skills, but also performed well in "Red Pursuit" and "White Lies". Hate", even won the "Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival" in one fell swoop.
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