Here are the best lines from Amelie, a 2001 French romantic comedy directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. Its protagonist is an introverted girl, curious, dreamy and concerned about doing good to others.
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- "When you are a child, time passes slowly and then one day, you are an adult, and childhood, what is left of it, fits in a small rusty box." - Raymond Duyafel.
- "The outside world seems so boring that Amelie prefers to dream her life until she is old enough to leave." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "Time has not changed at all, Amelie still takes refuge in solitude and asks herself silly questions about the world or her people." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- “If you found something from your childhood, a treasure for you, would it make you happy, sad, nostalgic? How would you feel?" - Amelie Poulain.
- "What a strange destiny that of this woman stripped of herself, but so sensitive to the charm of the little things in life." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "Like Don Quixote, she was determined to fight against the relentless edge of all human sorrow, an impossible fight that consumed her life prematurely." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "She is in love with him? - - yes.- then the time has come for him to take a risk. " - Raymond - Amelie.
- “Amelie is surprised by a dazzling idea. She proposes to find the owner of the memory box, wherever she is and to restore her treasure to her, she decides that, if she is moved, she will dedicate her life to helping others, if not… Well, nothing »- Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "Maybe she's doing everything she can to solve other people's lives, but her? Her life, who's going to take care of that?" - Raymond Dufayel.
- "The love virus, she had never caught him before." - Eva.
- "A six-year-old boy left at night on his tricycle, they found him on a highway in Germany, he just wanted to go where the stars are." - Amelie Poulain.
- "Pick two regulars, make them think they like each other, cook over low heat and see how it works." - Raymond Dufayel.
- "I like this word," failure ", that is the destiny of humanity." - Hippolytus.
- "Only the first man to enter Tutankhamun's tomb could understand how Amelie felt when she found the treasure that had been hidden by a little boy." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- “Moved by this intimacy, the little girl cannot prevent her heart from beating wildly. As a result, her father thinks she has heart disease. " - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "Suicide attempts only increased his mother's stress." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "For her, life passes with her colleagues and regular clients." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "She whimpers a little, but has never spilled the slightest drop." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "She likes athletes who cry from disappointment, she doesn't like when a man is humiliated in front of his son." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "He likes the sound of the bowl of water on the ground." Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "The more I like a man, his mind is less structured." - Georgette.
- "I think that those who know the proverbs cannot be bad people." - Georgette.
- "I like to turn around in the dark to see the faces of the people around me, I also like to observe the small detail that no one else will see, but I do not like when the driver does not look at the road." - Amelie Poulain.
- “Amelie doesn't have a boyfriend, she tried but it didn't live up to her expectations, on the other hand, she enjoys all kinds of small pleasures, putting her hand in a bag of seeds, piercing the crème brulee with the tip of a spoon. And play throwing rocks into the San Martín channel. " - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "The fox certainly spread her legs but only on satin sheets." - Madeleine Walace.
- "Observe how he still looks at his master with love in his eyes." - Madeleine Walace.
- "I can't sleep, I can't eat, I left my only reason to live in Paris." - Mr. Walace.
- "No, I'm not anyone's little weasel." - Amelie Poulain.
- "She has the memory of an elephant." - Madeleine Walace.
- "Before working on the purchase, he used to work striking out tickets" - "What's wrong with that?" - "At night, he gets up and opens holes for my trinitarians." - Mrs. Colignion - Amelie.
- "You are not allergic to carbon monoxide!" - Amelie Poulain.
- "What's today's menu? - Endives au gratin, they will put him on his knees - So they are good? - It depends on where it falls - Right, if it is in the toilet - They are not good! " - Amelie Poulain.
- "You look like I was serving you a mulled wine with cinnamon." - Raymond Duyafel.
- "It's time for me to pay you a visit before I end up in a box myself." - Raymond Duyafel.
- "He was never able to establish relationships with others." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "As a child, she was always on her own." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "Amelie Poulain, also known as the godmother of the rejected and the mother of the excluded succumbs to exhaustion." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "In the streets of Paris, attacked by pain, millions of anonymous people on the ground gather in the funeral procession to silently show their great misfortune of being orphans forever." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- “Amelie suddenly feels in perfect harmony with herself; everything is perfect, the lightness of the light, that tiny essence in the air, the peaceful sounds of the city. " - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "Good morning Mrs. Walace, how are you? - always better when it's not raining. " - Madeleine Walace.
- "The only thing he likes is popping the bubbles in the plastic wrap." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "As for the cat, he likes to listen to stories for children." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "Oh children, I have met so many, at first they are so cute and then they start throwing snowballs." - Madeleine Walace.
- "You see, tears were my destiny." - Madeleine Walace.
- “I paint one every year, I have done it for years. The most difficult are the eyes; sometimes they change their spirits on purpose when I'm not looking. " - Raymond Dufayel
- "The only character that I have not been able to decipher yet is the girl with the glass of water, she is in the middle and at the same time, outside." - Raymond Dufayel.
- "Amelie Poulain let her life deteriorate in the whirlpools of universal pain and then she was struck with the regret of having let her father die without being able to give back to this suffocated man the respite that she had been able to give to so many others." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- “I had two heart attacks, an abortion and took hard drugs during my pregnancy. Other than that, I'm fine. " Amelie Poulain.
- "Would you rather imagine a relationship with someone who is far away than create links with those who are there?" - Amelie Poulain.
- "I'm not the only one to hire an irresponsible idiot." - Raymond Dufayel.
- "You can write nonsensical things but not publish them." - Hippolytus.
- “What about your cousin, the critic? - what do you think? They are like the cactus, they like to nibble. " - Amelie Poulain - Hippolytus.
- “It's about a man who writes a diary, but instead of writing things as they happen, he writes the worst possible scenario before they happen; as a result he is depressed and does nothing. " - Hippolytus.
- “You don't even know her. - Exactly, that's the mystery. " Eva - Nino.
- "During the day she sells leeks and at night she draws potatoes." - Eva.
- "A really good street promoter, ready to promote poignant rhetoric, that's the help shy people need." - Boy.
- "I find myself thinking of better days." - Adrien.
- "I'll do it again at any time, the damage is done anyway." - Raymond Dufayel.
- "He thinks he smiled too much. - Do you prefer when you frown? - with other men, yes. " - Eva - Nino.
- "Courage is not easy." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "If I had a clear conscience I wouldn't be upset." - Joseph.
- “Do you believe in miracles? - no, not today - you will be surprised. " - Amelie poulain
- “At that precise moment, in the Jardin de la Villete, Felix l´Herbier discovers that the number of possible connections in the human brain is greater than the number of atoms in the universe; meanwhile, at the foot of the sacré-coeur the Benedictines work on their shot. " - Narrator (André Dussolier)
- “A blue fly of the calliporida species, whose wings can flap 14,670 times per minute, landed on Saint Vincent Street, Monmartre. In the exact same second, outside a restaurant, the wind was blowing under a tablecloth, causing glasses to dance unnoticed, at the same time, on the fifth floor of Trudaine Avenue, Eugene Koler erased the name of his best friend Émile Maginot from his address book after returning from his funeral. Still in the same second, a sperm containing an xy chromosome belonging to Mr. Raphael Poulain reached the egg of Mrs. Poulain, born Amandine Fouet, months later a girl was born: Amelie Poulain ”. - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "She would like her father to hold her in his arms from time to time but the only contact they had was during the monthly medical check-up." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "This way I will stay awake day and night for the rest of my life." - AmeliePoulain.
- "The divine answer came minutes later, it was not a newborn fallen from the sky but a tourist from Quebec, determined to end his life" - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "Why don't you enjoy your retirement? - and do what?" - Amelie Poulain - Raphael Poulain.
- "If he had moved, that was, he would start meddling in the lives of others." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "He held the endives as if they were something precious because he liked a job well done." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "Look at him, it's like he's picking up a fallen bird from the nest" - Madeleine Walace.
- "But it doesn't count if I say so, I'm senile." - Mr. Colignion.
- "Amelie was denied the company of other children but little Nino would have preferred to be without her." - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- "That has nothing to do with digestion but with memories." - Mrs. Suzanne.
- "Go for it, for Christ's sake." - Raymond Dufayel.
- “Rafael Poulain does not like to urinate with others, he does not like people making fun of his sandals, Rafael Poulain likes to tear large pieces of paper from the walls, align his shoes and polish them very carefully, empty his tool box, clean it thoroughly, and finally, put everything in its place carefully. " - Narrator (André Dussolier).
- “She does not like to have her fingers wrinkled because of hot water, she does not like when someone who does not like to be touched have sheet marks on his cheek in the morning; she likes the ice skating outfits on television, making the floor shine, emptying her bag, cleaning it thoroughly, and finally putting everything in its place carefully. " - Narrator (André Dussolier).