Amelie: Pieces From one of My Most Beloved Films

Amélie is six years old.
Raphael Poulain's only physical contact
with the child
occurs during her monthly medical checkup.
Deeply moved by the exceptional closeness,
the child cannot prevent her heart from beating
a mile minute...
Henceforth,
her alarmed father
is convinced
that she suffers from a cardiac anomaly.






Amélie is a shy young woman
with a pronounced taste for all life's small pleasures.
immersing one's hand in a sack of grain,
cracking the crust of a crème brulée with the back of a teaspoon
or skipping stones on the Canal St-Martin.








Amélie still seeks solitude.
She amuses herself with silly questions about the world below,
such as 'How many people are having an orgasm right now?'