
These study notes are made available with the kind permission of Cornerhouse, Manchester’s international centre for contemporary visual arts and independent film.
Amélie has a simple life - perhaps too simple; she has created an imaginary world to escape the monotony of life ...
Curriculum links: France, young people, life in cities. Social and cultural landscape: Paris, reality and fantasy, ordinary people, social isolation.
Main themes: self and others, family; friendship, relationships; identity quest, happiness, tradition and modernity.
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