Amelie, released in French as Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, is a 2001 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, starring Audrey Tautou as a shy, imaginative Parisian waitress who resolves to secretly improve the lives of people around her while struggling to overcome her own isolation and pursue a romance of her own. The film is built around a highly stylized, saturated visual palette and a whimsical, fable-like narration that treats small Parisian street life as a kind of storybook. Amelie became one of the most commercially successful French-language films ever released internationally and brought Jeunet's distinctive visual style to a wide global audience.
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Did Amelie win an Academy Award?
No. It received five Oscar nominations but no wins.
No. At the 74th Academy Awards, held for 2001 films, Amelie received five nominations, for art direction, cinematography, foreign language film as the entry from France, sound, and writing of a screenplay written directly for the screen, credited to Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The Academy lists the film with nominations only and no wins.
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2001 France, Germany
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Amelie became one of the most commercially successful French-language films ever released internationally and brought Jeunet's distinctive visual style to a wide global audience.
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Amélie won Best Film at the European Film Awards, four César Awards, including Best Film and Best Director, and two British Academy Film Awards, including Best Original Screenplay.
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