Amélie is looking for love, life and just something more than her sometimes ordinary existence as a waitress in Paris. The film throws us a glimpse of her quirky childhood and the whimsical, imaginative young woman she has become.
Aside from her waitressing job in the beautiful Montmartre quartier, she spends her time daydreaming and interacting curiously with her neighbors and customers. A chance encounter with a collector of torn up passport photos from the Paris metros leads Amélie to realize that the only way to happiness is to take a leap of faith and a spoonful of her own medicine...
Amélie is overwhelmed by a swell of love and a yearning to help others whilst crossing the wooden Pont des Arts by the Louvre (also the scene of the failed suicide attempt in Boudu Sauve des Eaux, Jean Renoir's 1932 classic, remade by Hollywood as Down and Out in Beverly Hills).
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