How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from the French-to-English translated subtitles of Amélie.
Quote #1
NARRATOR: Deprived of playmates, slung between a neurotic and an iceberg, Amélie retreats into her imagination.
This right here explains Amélie's overactive imagination. She has no other outlet, because her parents keep her at home, and both her mother and father seem to have been born totally without imaginations.
Quote #2
NARRATOR: The neighbor's comatose wife has chosen to get all her life's sleep in one go.
This is one of young Amélie's more humorous fantasies. She has whimsical ways of explaining some dark things in reality.
Quote #3
[Amélie looks at the sky and sees clouds shaped like bears and bunnies.]
When Amélie looks around at the world, it's difficult to tell sometimes if what she's seeing is real, or if it's just something she sees in her own head. These clouds are one example. Any kid can make a cloud look like a shape, but is the cloud actually in that shape?