In January, the Max platform welcomes a newcomer to its catalog. The cult French film, which dates from 2001, was such a success abroad that it opened many doors for French cinema.
It is one of the most famous representations of France internationally. More than twenty years after the release of her story, Amélie Poulain still attracts many tourists to the streets of the French capital. But do you have this story in mind? If this is not the case, Max gives you the opportunity for a booster shot. On January 3, The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain will be available on the platform. The story of this young woman, born in 1973 and whose childhood took place in Enghien-les-Bains, is one of the biggest commercial successes of French cinema. In France, 8.64 million people came to theaters when it was released to discover this astonishing woman and her performer, Audrey Tautou. Abroad, it convinced 23 million spectators and grossed a total of more than 173 million dollars at the box office.
The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain is it based on a true story?
Through Amélie Poulain, the whole world discovered the Montmartre district of Paris in an original and romanticized light. But that’s not all. Because the life of the naive and ingenuous young woman is turned upside down the day she discovers, in her apartment, a box that belonged to a former occupant, 40 years previously. She decides to find the person who hid the box to return it to him and make him happy. This part of the story is directly inspired by a real anecdote experienced by the writer Michel Folco. He had noticed the same face appearing in the photos abandoned in photo booths that he collected in the 1980s.
The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain revolutionized French cinema abroad
Apart from France, it is in Germany that The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain most attracted the public. 3.1 million people went to cinemas at the time to see it, making it the 16th most viewed film of 2001 in Germany. The international success of this film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, to whom we also owe Micmacs at tire-larigot et A long engagement Sundayhas made it possible to open new doors to French cinema, underlines Unifrance. This was particularly the case for the Japanese market. In the United States too, the French touch has won hearts thanks to Amélie Poulain. The film received 5 Oscar nominations the year it was released.
Article written in collaboration with 6Médias.
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