if one need more proof why foreign film be superior to american crap then look no far this gem . it beautiful and magical and funny and sad and and wonderfully romantic amelie tell the story of a girl with a highly active imagination . statue come to life and tv can talk to her and picture can move around . her mom die in a semi hilarious scene which mean she have to spend the rest of her life with her dad . her dad be a very distant man that seldom show affection . he not a bad father by any chance and in fact he love her daughter more than anything in the world and but he just dosen not know how to express his love for her properly so he become a bit distant from him this lead to amelie have to retreat into her imagination to find people to talk to since her dad would not . she make up imaginary friend to play with and keep herself entertain by over imagine what she see in everyday life the movie really begin about 20 min . into the story . she discover through tv that princess di have die in a car crash and so shock by it that she drop a marble in her hand . the marble roll in the bathroom till it hit a wall . she push aside the tiny wall to discover that it where a little boy hide his toy a long time ago . so she decide to return it to him and and when the boy whose now a man find it he so grateful that he begin to cry . this leave amelie feel so happy that she decide to spend the rest of her life do good deed to those who deserve it . she help out a grocer whose be emotionally abuse by his manager and help a blind man cross the street while describe everything in sight and and she reunite a weep widow with her husband through a letter . a thing move along she meet a guy that she fall in love with and the entire 4th act of the movie basically show how the two of them get together french director jean pierre jeunet bring a unique visual style to this movie . it almost a if youre watch the movie through a dream . it also one of the best cinematography ever to be commit on film . the beautiful audrey tatou play the title character and the support cast also do an amazing job . this be one of those movie that leave you in a good mood after you watch it . plus it will leave you in stitch from laugh so hard . the orgasm montage have to be one of the funny scene in cinema history and that be one of the many reason why this movie be awesome highly recommend .