

This is not Paris in reality this is the city of dreamers, a heightened reality in which the potential for magic lingers down every boulevard and in every metro station. While the world is often a harsh place, Jeunet and his creative team dare to imagine a kinder, gentler reality, where the dreamers and artists of the world aren't yet jaded by external forces. Yet when home alone in her apartment, Amélie's world seems quieter her loneliness more apparent. This recognisable sense of isolation will be familiar to anyone who has spent time living in a city, surrounded by people yet unable to forge relationships. It feels even more poignant in light of the global pandemic, which has forced people inside their homes for over a year, keeping families and friends apart and robbing so many of the joy of human connection. The US TV writer and producer Bryan Fuller's 2007 show Pushing Daisies was inspired directly by Amélie.

US network ABC was looking for a programme with a similar sense of whimsy and sparkle, and Fuller delivered an offbeat romance about a baker with the power to bring dead people back to life. Amélie just happens to be Fuller's favourite film: "All the things I love are represented in that movie.
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It's a movie that will make me cry based on kindness as opposed to sadness," he told the New York Times. Of course, there are those who haven't fallen for Amélie's charms.
