Friday, 13 January 2012

Amelie Characters

Amelie Poulain
The main character who found a box in her house and was determined to give it back to its original owner. After that she began to do good deeds.

Nino
He collects photographs that have dropped underneath their booths to soon create a sort of collage. Further in the story Amelie and Nino fall in love

Amandine (Amelie’s Mother)
Amelie's mother who died when she was young

Raphael (Amelie’s Father)
Raphael never touched Amelie as a child and creates a small memorial for Amandine in their garden. Amelie and Raphael are still close.

Suzanne (Café Owner)
The café owner which is also Amelie's manager since Amelie works in the café.

Georgette (Tobacconist)
She works in the tobacco shop in the cafe and she begins to have a crush on Joseph. She also has huge eyes which makes the audience indulge in her every movement.

Gina (Waitress)
Gina works in the café alongside Amelie, and she has a stalker who always visits the café. His name is Joseph.

Hipolito (Writer)
He is a writer whose books have been rejected hundreds of times and Amelie helps him out by graffiti'ing his quotes from his books which motivate people who read it and walk by.

Joseph (Regular at Café)
Joseph is a character who always stalks on Gina in the café

Philomene (Stewardess)

Raymond Dufayel (Glass Man)
Dufayel, known as the Glass Man has never left his flat and stays in there continuously drawing one specific painting in his flat, and also uses a telescope to view outside to know the time. Amelie soon visits him to find  out where Bretodeau is.

Madeleine Wallace (Concierge)
Madeleine Wallace introduces herself to Amelie in a mental manner as she offers Amelie instantly with a strong drink. She reminisces about her love life in the past and how it failed. She also has her old stuffed dog present at all times which comes across as quite freaky and weird to Amelie.

Collignon (Grocer)
Collignon is met at the start of the film where Amelie goes to him to try and find where Bretodeau lives. He directs her to his parents which know a lot about the tennants in the block of flats.

Lucien (Grocer’s Assistant)
Lucien gets pushed over all the time by Collignon. He seems quite embarrassed when he's shown up as Amelie approaches them both and asks about Bretodeau.

Bretodeau (Boy with the treasure)
This is the man that Amelie gave the mysterious box to. She went through different travels trying to find this one person and eventually does find him and gives the memory box to him through a phone booth.

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