| Price: |
£6.43 |
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| RRP: |
£17.79You Save: £11.36 |
| Screen: |
Aspect Ratio 16:9,Anamorphic Widescreen |
| Languages: |
French, Japanese |
| Release Date: |
28 March 2005 |
Amelie (Sylvie Testud), who spent her childhood in Tokyo, wants to go back as a corporate interpreter to the country of her fondest memories. As a woman and as a foreigner unable to grasp the codes of a strict hierarchical society, she fails miserably. Scorned and humiliated by her immediate boss Fubuki (Kaori Tsuji) and the whole raft of her superiors Messrs Saito, Omochi, Tenschi and Haneda (Taro Suwa, Bison Katayama, Yasunari Kondo, Sokyu Fujita), her life spins into a downward spiral that is both tragic and hilarious. She tries to understand the soul of modern Japan from the 44th floor of a company skyscraper in this clash of western and eastern cultures.
Sylvie Testud received the Cesar (French Oscar) for Best Actress in 2003 for her performance as Amelie and the Best Actress Prize (shared with Giovanna Mezzogiorno) at the Karlovy-Vary International Festival 2003 where the screenplay also won a prize.
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