Bring on the tough stuff. There’s not just one right answer.
- What is Amélie's goal at the beginning of the movie? Does she achieve it? How does her goal change by the end of the film?
- What do Amélie and Dufayel have in common? How does she help him, and how does he help her?
- When Amélie helps people, are the results always good? Is there any way her version of "helping" people could actually be harming them?
- Does Amélie have any concept of right and wrong? Is she a Good Samaritan, or is she a vigilante?
- How would the film be different if it told things from Nino's side of the story?
- Almost every character collects something, whether it's photos or skipping stones or replicas of Renoir paintings. What do they all collect, and what do their collections say about them?
- Have you ever visited Paris or Montmartre? How does it compare to the way it's depicted in Amélie? If you haven't been, what would you expect to find if you do visit?
- How does Jeunet show his audience the way Amélie sees the world? What camera tricks and special effects does he employ to demonstrate her imaginative worldview?
- Why the heck does the blind man glow?