Amelie with Montmartre

Audrey Tatu lives on in this film as Amelie Poulain. How is that? How does Amelie Poulain live? Amelie is a magical, smiling and sad film. About what? I invite you to look and think together.

Will you be noticed?

The fly moved its wings, made its 14670 strokes per minute, and suddenly it was crushed once. For her, every flapping of her wings was an event in her life, but people didn’t care about that. They were just driving a car, and no one thought about any flies, even from the meat family. For a fly, this is a tragedy, but a fly for people is nobody. The fly is small, so it is not there.

People also flutter their wings, for them every flap of their wings is an event, but are they very different from our fly? If one of them is crushed, it will be a tragedy for their loved ones and relatives, but for a big life they are nobody, they are numerous small flies. As long as you are a small person, you are a fly. And this is a film, in particular, about the life of little people. About flies.

Don’t be sad

A man has returned from a friend’s funeral and is erasing the name of the deceased from his notebook. For him, this is an event. But who makes this moment of life an event? A big, difficult, painfully emotional event? He himself. Only himself. Makes it a face, memories, a return to memories. He has a right to these experiences — but if suddenly you prefer other experiences, you can also become their author.

Birth of Joy

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The birth of Amelie: nothing charming, the bubble merged with the bubble, and now the future beauty was born. Who is she: another fly? Who will she be: just a fly or someone bigger?

Creation

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The child indulges, the child creates. The child makes events out of nothing, out of emptiness, out of nonsense. He creates joyful, bright, amazing events for himself, and his life becomes rich and eventful. This is an amazing ability to make events out of the void. You can just clap on the ears, you can peel the glue from your finger or blow out the rings. It’s empty, but it’s fun and it can take all day. Children know how to create joy around themselves in this way, while adults at this time think about what to do with themselves and yearn. They go to work, swear, and yearn. They are sad that their life is empty, but in order to fill your life with joy, nothing is needed from life: you just need your ability and desire to fill your life with joy.

The face of an introvert

Amelie’s father is a man with such a face. What do you think, what are his chances with such a face — to love, with such a face to be happy, to be attentive? Is it easy to be loved with such a face? He has a very characteristic face of an introvert — a person turned inward. He does not look at the world, he does not see people and reality — he lives only inside himself. From this point, all introverts are not completely healthy people. Healthy people are those who look at you and face reality.

What Raphael Poulain likes and dislikes

Who loves what and who doesn’t like…

This is an amazing directorial find: a long conversation on the topic of who likes what and who does not like what. Conversations and disassemblies “I love — I don’t love” is one of the most typical children’s topics, a favorite pastime of any child. Stories: «This is what I like, but this is what I don’t like!» is a great way to charge adults to do something around, serve and fuss. What I love, I need to do, and what I don’t like, I don’t need to do. This is a way of controlling adults, and children do it all the time. And how do adults live? Adults don’t tell what they like and what they don’t. They either do what they need and what will please them, or they don’t. And that’s all. And stories about what I like and what I don’t like are a sign of the childishness of adults. And this person with his “I love — I don’t love” is just an aged child.

Happiness

What does this person love? Rip off the wallpaper, put on shoes… Look, this man is happy. But: would you wish another person such happiness? Is it true, then, that the main goal of human existence is such happiness? I think that such happiness is bullshit, and a person with such happiness is a fly. In itself, “happiness”, “just happiness”, is not the goal of life in any way. Some happiness — yes, some — no. But what type of happiness and what type of life can be the goal of life — this is a different and more serious conversation.

The main task of a woman

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Also, «I love you — I don’t love you» is great for attracting attention to you. What is the main task of a woman? — Draw attention to yourself. If I’m just fine, I walk around like a fool, and no one looks at me. And if I don’t like something, everyone will look at me. And I won’t even look at them, and then I will become even more respected.

And what I like, I will definitely do as much as I want. Because I like it, don’t I?

Another big baby: Amelie’s mom. She also loves something, but does not like something, and for her this is very serious. And how serious are your “I love — I don’t love” for you? If you look at yourself from the outside, you are not the same Madame Poulin? Are you from the same kindergarten?

The sincerity of the manipulator

The fish fell out of the aquarium, the girl screams. What is the girl doing now? The girl is worried, that is, she stands, does nothing around herself, only makes herself feel bad and actively attracts attention to herself: “I feel bad, take care of my problems!”. The girl now attracts attention and manipulates. She acts: she wants adults to do what she wants and the way she wants. And she will scream like that until her parents listen to her and do what she wants. All experiences of children are manipulations.

At the same time, Amelie — worries sincerely, she worries with her whole body and with all her soul. Sincerity and manipulation are by no means mutually exclusive: the best manipulations are done by the most sincere people. Amelie is worried, she screams, and her parents obediently fuss.

Mom decided «Enough!»

The girl is screaming, her parents are working for her: everything is in order. Children are great organizers! Amelie commands with a shout: work more, faster, not everything has been done yet, I am not satisfied yet, I have not calmed down. However, my mother turns on: now she is also worried, only, unlike Amelie, she has not organized spectators for herself: she has no spectators. Previously, she had spectators: her parents, she got used to worrying about them, and now, even when there is no one to worry about, she is worried about anyone, just out of habit.

It’s good to cry

Parents take revenge: they throw out the aquarium, because of which there is so much trouble, and the fish, because of which the daughter was screaming so much. Mom thinks that now the daughter is worried, and the daughter is thinking what else to do. If you have not cried for a long time, you can cry. When tears flow down the cheeks, these are tender and subtle sensations, it is ticklish and pleasantly sad. In addition, if you do not cry, then adults can start swearing, and if you cry, then later they will regret, console and buy something.

On the roof

How early do children begin to take revenge on adults? Observe: many even before they could walk. We must put adults at our service, and for this, smiles, and wide-open joyful eyes, and bitter mstyulki will come in handy.

As for the adult uncle talking to the TV, he is obviously crazy. As well as an ordinary zombie from the great Blue Screen Zombie Army. No one is prosecuting us for such zombies, and they even pay money.

Suicide

Suicide. A man falls from the roof A man who feels bad falls. I would say that suicides and those who feel bad are primarily selfish, people who think only about themselves. If you think only of yourself, then sooner or later you will feel bad. And when you jump from the roof, you will not think about others. Or more accurately, you want to hurt them. You only think about yourself, and you still wish bad things on others. No decent person will become unhappy (he has no right to do this, he has a lot of things to do and duties), plus he will never become a suicide (after all, this means creating huge troubles for others, at least for those who will bury). Did you at least take care of the funeral, suicide bomber? Save money? Fig. And in this story, the suicide fell, killed herself, did not think about others, and even fell on her mother. Killed my mother. Suicides don’t give a damn about anyone. They are blatant egoists. And if such suicides remove themselves from the earth, then how should one relate to this? Maybe this is also the wisdom of nature?

Introvert

How is dad different from that suicide who jumped from the roof? Only by being more cowardly and less resolute. He also cares little about anyone and loves few people, and in this world he is not interested in anyone but himself. He is an introvert, a person immersed in himself: that is, one who does not want to burden himself with caring for others, who does not want to do anything for life. This healthy man has a growing daughter who needs his attention, warmth and care, and what does he do? He is engaged in caring for the dead, that is, caring for himself and his feelings. It’s a beautiful cover to live by yourself and your memories. There is no wife, but there is a memory of her, and he serves his own memory.

Waitress

Amelie became a waitress. How is it different from the fly that, without noticing, was crushed by some machine? She does not seriously believe that she can do something big and serious in life, she does not seriously set such tasks. The waitress is a six, expendable. If one leaves, another one will be installed, and no one will notice it, it will not become an event for anyone. Amelie is an amazingly talented person and a very beautiful woman, but what path does she choose in life? The way of the fly, the way of the six, the way of nothing.

Beggar

The beggar feels comfortable, he feels respected and decent person. I think that over time, more special psychotherapeutic services will be created so that the poor do not develop an inferiority complex, so that the poor do not experience a feeling of inferiority. You do not like to work, you are used to living off good people, but in order not to upset you, they will form a glitch for you that you are a decent person. And if you objectively look at you: who are you if not a parasite? At one time, in 1705, Peter 1 ordered the beggars to be caught, beaten with a batozh and sent to hard labor, and from those who gave alms, he ordered to collect a fine of five cu.

We talked …

Amelie’s father is a dead man. He died during his lifetime: he sees no one, hears nothing, lives only with his internal glitches. If at least something was dear to him, except for himself, if he wanted to do something in life, he would lead an active, vigorous life and, most likely, would do something. Men who lead an active life stay healthy longer, and those who withdraw into themselves wither and wither. To revive such a person, as Amelie tries (and does!) Is an incredible feat, few of the best psychotherapists could solve such a problem. Amelie decides her. Applause for her! The only question is: was it necessary to revive him? In the name of what? Did she have to invest in it?

Escape from the fairy tale

Amelie knows how not only to invent a Fairy Tale out of nothing, she also knows how to emerge from the usual Fairy Tales. Each movie is a powerful fairy tale, it is an addictive hypnotic flow, and Amelie knows how to emerge from the flow and look at life from the outside. She is talented though!

Create a Story

What is the difference between Amelie’s sexual contact with a man and her body contact with beans? For beans, it seems, she composed her own, if not a Fairy Tale, then her own jolly, but not for a man. And then the contact with the beans turns out to be more interesting for Amelie. Great love lives only by the Great Fairy Tale; without its own Fairy Tale, love turns out to be petty entertainment at the level of throwing pebbles.

glass man

And how would you feel if the doctors told you that from that day on you are incurably ill, at any moment you can physically crumble, and therefore you are obliged to live in strict isolation from life? For you, this is a tragedy, you won’t put up with it and will try to live your old life, still go out to people, to the street, to work? But imagine that a magician appeared in front of you and said: “You are also a magician, but sick. Before, you, like me now, could fly. And now you’re sick. Now you are forced and will walk with your feet on this dirty asphalt for the rest of your life. Can you put up with this life without flying? Are you not drawn to take risks and try to fly? Try to live that former life that was so close to you once, so bright and interesting? If yes, then come to the balcony and go flying!” … Jump from the third floor? No need for unnecessary romanticism. Suicide is always suicide, no matter how beautifully it is framed.

Princess Diana

Princess Diana is dead, Amelie is worried. What? What happened to her? Does it have anything to do with her life? All worries about this are a beautiful empty toy. There is nothing for a person to occupy himself with — he will worry. A person is busy with business — he will not worry, he will be engaged in business. But Amelie — what to do with yourself? Do you have something to do with yourself?

Swear like dancing

Who said cursing is bad? This married couple has made squabbling a habitual and, it seems, a pleasant way to spend their leisure time. They fight like they dance.

Slider

Would such a character grab your attention? Well, someone is crawling under the gun. Will you pay attention to him, is this person worthy of your attention, this person of your level? One of my friends said that for him «their own» are his competitors. These are people of his level. And his relatives are not his level, and therefore they are not “his own” to him. And who are “their own” for Amelie? The one who crawls under the machine gun is her man. For Amelie, this is her level. Sixes are her level.

What’s his name?

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When an employee asks the boss for permission to leave work early, the boss usually asks how much work has been done and how the time off will be worked out. The owner of this cafe asked Amelie not about her job duties, not about work. She asked, «What’s his name?» She is interested in people. She is worried about the fate of Amelie. And in the place of the chief, what do you ask a question about?

The secret

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The secret is a secret. Children love the Mystery because they believe in the Miracle. And the Miracle is a Very Big Freebie…But a secret, it is also a Dream of Real Life. Children always dream of doing something in life, changing something in life. I will have a car, a house, a lot of things, life will be a fairy tale, I will get this fairy tale, I will make this fairy tale. They may not yet know «how» to do it, but they feel that if they do it, their life has taken place, their life has been successful. This hiding place, a warehouse of their children’s treasures, is not just their property, their first «mine», it is also the embodiment of their dream that everything can be in life and life can be beautiful.

Human communication

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The neighbor is a born leader. Amelie came to her with direct questions, but the neighbor will not answer her questions (it must hurt!), the neighbor firmly builds her into her script and tells what an unhappy and offended person she is. The neighbor is sociable, but she does not see the interlocutor point-blank: she needs Amelie only as an inventory to drink herself wine and habitually complain about life. The owner of this apartment is both a bright, talented leader and a dummy who only cares about herself. I wonder if Amelie will be very different from her in 20 years?

Complete helplessness

Creative task. The husband must be raised to the level of an icon, to the level of God, in order to once again experience his divine love, and immediately and simultaneously lower him in order to justify why she can now only suffer, drink wine and wither away. So much energy, imagination, and all for nothing!

Give the box

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Strictly speaking, all Amelie had to do was hand over the box she found belonging to the person. This can be done simply and openly: come up, smile, say hello, pass. Instead, Amelie twists his brains and plays on his nerves. Q: Is this malicious manipulation? Or is Amelie a clever woman who knows how to make life bright, to make an event an event?

disillusioned

​​​​​​​This box from his childhood — what else is there? The memory of childhood, which is always happiness? Or the accusation that he blew his life.? As a child, he wanted something, hoped for something. There were dreams, there were plans and expectations from life. Did not work out. Illusions are lost. Today he has an unshaven physiognomy, fatigue and traces of immoderate alcohol consumption … life has passed him by.

Balloons

Who would have known that there is victory in life? What is defeat? If you aspire to something, if you achieve it, maybe this evening when you are celebrating, you will be hit by another car passing by? Which would never bring you down if you didn’t get that treasure … There would be no horror of crumbling balls, if before that there was no delight of pockets bursting from balls. Seriously — you can never be sure that this victory is really a victory. And that this defeat is not really your salvation. The philosopher takes everything lightly.

The balls crumbled

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Fairy Tale and Reality. In reality, the balls are just a weight in your pocket that puts pressure on your leg. In reality, winning all the balls is a very ambiguous attitude of all other peers towards you. If the balls woke up, then in reality it is necessary to sew up the pocket. But this is all in reality. And people live in a fairy tale. And in the personal fairy tale of this boy, the waking up balls are a collapse, this is a universal tragedy and horror, when all that remains is to die.

cognac

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Well, here’s another reason to drink. Since the Guardian Angel took care of him …

So far, only one thing has happened from the amazing Miracle created by Amelie: — an additional drink. M-yes.

It is difficult to make a real Miracle!

Happiness of the Blind

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Perhaps this is happiness: the happiness of Amelie and the happiness of the Blind. Enthusiasm, freedom, trust, interest in the world and a lot of sun! On the other hand, this is rape: she burst into his life, dragged him to an unknown direction, stuffed extraneous information without asking … But she did it beautifully, energetically and with love. And, as you know, «a beautifully performed rape is called a novel.» Bravo, Amelie!

Let’s make dad happy

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Amelie came up with the idea to remake dad. But talking to dad didn’t happen, besides, it just doesn’t seem to lead to anything. And then a thought came to her mind … She broke what dad loved so much (mom’s tombstone), and with the help of this inventory she launched another manipulation: intentional covert interference in the life of another person.

I am ready to express my admiration to Amelie for this. And you?

Revenge of Zorro

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Amelie loves everyone, but the shopkeeper doesn’t. Therefore, she hated him and began to live with the world. Usually these episodes, when she mocks him, cause maximum delight in the audience of the film.

And you?

Her tricks to the shopkeeper are not mere manipulation. It is more: intentional wrecking with a clear violation of the law.

And how do you evaluate it, good people? Is this part of your code of honor?

You are just blind!

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Amelie is creative and smart. She sets the task of connecting two lonely people with love — good! But how to do it? If you act effectively, you must act covertly and dishonestly. To confuse the peasant’s head, starting with accusations and quiet reproaches, to sigh wearily …

Opponents of manipulation, will you condemn Amelie? And if suddenly not, then you will remain opponents of manipulation?

Puzzled

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Now we puzzle the other side. All manipulative techniques: playing on pity, creating a trance through confusion, playing with the illusion of evidence (sit here, see for yourself …), drawing attention to “Where is he looking?”, Forcing you to guess in the right direction.

Should people be taught this? Or do we need to wean them from this muck?

Processing the public

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Suggestion works best when it comes from everywhere: it means that the public must also be worked on. The newspaper saleswoman was caught on the hook of curiosity, sweated with ostentatious indifference, again forced to guess, then in the right place of fortune-telling they nodded and, as with an accomplice, flashed their eyes. That’s it, the duck is out.

Amelie deliberately misleads people, secretly achieving her goals. What are your moral assessments of her activities?

Results

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For now, that’s all.

Actually, you can watch the film «Amelie» on your own, especially since it deserves it.

And what did we manage to discern in those fragments that I brought to your attention? There are many thoughts, the main ones are the following —

Born, we live like children:

• we care about nothing, confident that others will take care of us,
• we force loved ones to take care of us, including unhappy emotions,
• we entertain ourselves with what interests us.

Further, some of the children pass into a different way of life, the way of life of adults, and some of the children remain children. And after a few decades, they grow old safely, continuing to be children.

• Indeed, why not? In childhood, our parents took care of us, and then a humane society takes care of us. There are opportunities!

An adult is, of course, more boring. This is responsibility, not entertainment; planning, not easy spontaneity; taking into account the consequences, and not the sweet “like it or dislike it”, this is work and in general you need to constantly think.

You were given childhood — rejoice and play, this will prepare you for the Big Life. But if you, after gaining years, remain a Child, you remain only a fly. Nobody.

So it seems not quite true: “You can’t divide people into big and small, into more worthy and less. All people have equal dignity!” — Not. The one who took an easier path in life, didn’t grow up and didn’t build himself, or even just sank and drank himself — they have one price, and the one who respected the Human in himself, did his life more responsibly and became a useful person not only for himself, but also for others — the price of such a person is different. Big.

“Happiness is the highest goal of human existence!” Yes, happiness, but not all happiness. The happiness of an irresponsible child is one happiness, the happiness of creativity is another, the happiness of revenge is the third, the happiness of marriage is the fourth … So, we think more specifically for the future: not all happiness will attract and delight us.

Another common thesis: “You cannot interfere in the lives of strangers without their consent, even with good intentions.” With an indignant continuation: “Who gave you the right to decide for another person what he needs?” — Amelie decides for others, strangers to her, and interferes in their lives, and quite radically. When you see specifically how and why Amelie does this, do you have the same moral protest as in the abstract formulation of the problem?

Well, as for the topic of “manipulation: pros and cons”, Amelie is a manipulator from top to bottom, and at the same time a kind, sweet and talented person. That’s why we love her!