"At least you'll never be a vegetable. Even artichokes have hearts!”
The Spoiler team are dusting off their best GCSE French as this week we take a look at Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s quirky romantic comedy ‘Amelie’ starring Audrey Tautou and Mathieu Kassovitz. While this is one of Rachael’s favourite films of all time, the rest of the team might take a little more convincing. With Paul on the fence once more, whose side will he ultimately come down upon? Will it be Rachael’s side, where the allure of Parisian apartments and café culture looms large and there is ample room to project our fantasies and desires onto the lead characters? Or will Andy’s talk of non-entity romantic leads, kitten photographs and too many subplots coax Paul into his slightly more withered garden of doubt? Would Audrey Tautou have been better suited to silent cinema than the talkies? Is talking about Princess Diana as controversial as upsetting cat owners? Did art take over to stop this film from becoming a masterpiece (whatever the hell that means!)? We tackle all these burning issues as well as answering the ultimate question: kissing on the eyes… romantic or ooky?
Elsewhere, inspired by ‘Amelie’s enrapturing effect on her, Rachael counts down her top 5 feelgood French films to lift your spirits on those rainy days of the soul.
This week’s scale: Tres bien or Tres mal
Vertigo (1958): SPOILER Episode 16
Gladiator (2000): SPOILER Episode 15
Inside No. 9 Series 2: SPOILER Episode 14
Moon (2009): SPOILER Episode 13
Cabaret (1972): SPOILER Episode 12
A Separation: SPOILER Episode 11
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline: SPOILER Episode 10
Mad Max: Fury Road: SPOILER Episode 9
Dumbo: SPOILER Episode 8
This Is England '90: SPOILER Episode 7
Melancholia: SPOILER Episode 6
Stoner by John Williams: SPOILER Episode 5
Some Like It Hot: SPOILER Episode 4
Back To The Future Trilogy: SPOILER Episode 3
Us by David Nicholls: SPOILER Episode 2
Whiplash: SPOILER Episode 1
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