Amélie - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Amélie"
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Timing:
2:2 (122 min)
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Actors and characters
Clotilde Mollet
Character Gina
Artus de Penguern
Character Hipolito
Eugène Berthier
Character Eugène Koler
Charles-Roger Bour
Character Man with Pissoir
Kevin Dias
Character Young Dominique
Flora Guiet
Character Young Amélie
Amaury Babault
Character Young Nino
Marion Pressburger
Character Small Hands
Luc Palun
Character Amandine's Grocer
Dominique Bettenfeld
Character Amélie's Neighbor
Jacques Viala
Character Client Humiliating Friend
Fabien Béhar
Character Humiliated Friend
Jonathan Joss
Character Humiliated Friend's Son
Jean-Pierre Becker
Character Homeless Man
Jean Darie
Character Blind Man
Thierry Gibault
Character Endive Client
François Bercovici
Character Endive Client's Friend
Franck Monier
Character Young Dominique
Guillaume Viry
Character SDF
Valérie Zarrouk
Character Dominique's Wife
Marie-Laure Descoureaux
Character Concierge of the Dead
Sophie Tellier
Character Aunt Josette
Gérald Weingand
Character Teacher
François Viaur
Character Bistro Owner
Paule Daré
Character Bistro Employee
Marc Amyot
Character Unknown at Photo Booth
Myriam Labbé
Character Tobacco Store Costumer
Jean Rupert
Character Operated on the Nasal Septa
Frankie Pain
Character Newspaper Seller
Philippe Paimblanc
Character Train Controller
Monette Malroux
Character Twin #2
Robert Gendreu
Character Café Customer
Valériane de Villeneuve
Character Laughing Woman
Isis Peyrade
Character Samantha
Christiane Bopp
Character Woman Near Merry-Go-Round
Thierry Arfeuillères
Character Man Statue
Patrick Paroux
Character Street Blower
François Aubineau
Character Concierge's Postman
Philippe Beautier
Character Poulain's Postman
Régis Iacono
Character Félix L'Herbier
Franck-Olivier Bonnet
Character Palace Video (voice)
Laurent Delpit
Character Montmartre Man (uncredited)
Dean Baykan
Character (uncredited)
Clément Chebli
Character (uncredited)
Eloïse Labro
Character (uncredited)
Federico Martín Bahamontes
Federico Martín BahamontesCharacter Federico Martín Bahamontes (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta TharpeCharacter Sister Rosetta Tharpe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean-Michel Larqué
Jean-Michel LarquéCharacter Jean-Michel Larqué (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet dreamed of casting Emily Watson in the lead role (hence the French name of the main character, Amélie). The actress also wanted to play Amélie, but it didn’t happen for two reasons – she didn’t speak French and, moreover, she had already agreed to star in Robert Altman’s "Gosford Park" (2001).
- The film is full of stories and memories from the director's collection, which he began to gather back in 1974.
- The photo collection that Nino collects actually exists and belongs to the director's friend, Michel Folco (he is thanked in the end credits).
- It was not possible to show the real photo collection in the film (French law prohibits showing random people in a film without their consent), so the photo collection had to be recreated using photographs of actors in minor roles. For this, the actors were seated in front of the camera and asked to portray a particular facial expression, and often they were simply told, "Oh, you have chalk on your shoe" or "What's that on your forehead," and the camera was clicked at that moment.
- The paintings we see in Amélie's room, as well as the imaginary crocodile that the heroine befriends, were invented and painted by artist Michael Sowa.
- In the places in Paris where the main scenes of the film were shot, artists and decorators had to work hard to clean the walls of houses from all sorts of graffiti.
- Yann Tiersen might not have become the film's composer if Jean-Pierre Jeunet hadn't accidentally heard his music.
- The one-legged man dancing in the television fragment – Sam “Peg Leg” Jackson – is a blues singer.
- The traveling gnome was the subject of pranks in England and France in the 90s. In 1997, the leader of the "Garden Gnome Liberation Front" (French: Front de Liberation des Nains de Jardins) was accused of stealing 150 such gnomes. This idea later formed the basis of an advertising campaign for a travel internet agency.
- The original title of the film translates as: "The Fantastic Destiny of Amélie Poulain".
- The dark-skinned guitarist singing gospel in the television fragment is Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
- The style that the film is rich in was borrowed by the director from French poet Jacques Prévert and director Jean Renoir.
- Audrey Tautou received the role of Amélie Poulain after the film’s director saw her portrait on a poster.
- The name Hippolyte is a reference to the minor character Hippolyte Terentyev, the unlucky philosopher from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "The Idiot" (1869).
- In the cinema, Amélie watches two films: François Truffaut’s "Jules and Jim" (the episode where Amélie turns to the audience) and Vincent Minnelli’s "Father's Little Dividend" (the episode where Amélie says she doesn't like it when drivers don't look at the road in American films).
- In the scene when Amélie's father talks about flowers, he quotes Serge Gainsbourg’s song Le poinçonneur des Lilas.
- Factual error: Princess Diana died in the morning of August 31, 1997, not August 30. Also, the day of April 7, 1980, mentioned in the film, was a Monday, not a Friday.
- Yann Tiersen might not have become the film's composer if Jean-Pierre Jeunet hadn't accidentally heard his music.
- The original title of the film translates as "The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain."
- In the cinema, Amélie watches two films: "Jules and Jim" by François Truffaut (the episode where Amélie turns to face the audience) and "The Shop Around the Corner" by Vincente Minnelli (the episode when Amélie says she doesn't like it when drivers don't look at the road in American films).
- In the scene where Amélie's father talks about flowers, he quotes the song Le poinçonneur des Lilas by Serge Gainsbourg.
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