Amélie - Prepa9

Área audiovisual Película: Amélie (Amélie) Mediateca, E.N.P. 9
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Clasificación FVI6 A435 Dirección: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Producción: UGC Fox Distribution
Formato: DVD
Año: 2001
Duración: 123 min.
Género: Comedia romántica
Interpretación (actores): Amélie
Poulain (Audrey Tautou), Nino
Quincampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz),
Raphaël Poulain (Rufus)
Subtítulos: Español, Inglés, Francés
Mediateca, E.N.P. 9
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Área audiovisual Película: Amélie (Amélie) Clasificación FVI6 A435 Durante la película:
* Contesta lo siguiente:
a) What does Amélie’s father like?
____ shining his shoes
____ figure skating
b) What does Amélie’s father hate?
Sinopsis: Amélie is a shy waitress who decides to improve the lives of those
around her; for doing so, she plans a series of actions with the ones she may be
able to accelerate these people’s joy; however, without realizing it, she gets closer
to her own happiness.
____ figure skating
____ when people look at his sandals
c) What does Amélie’s mother like?
Nivel de dificultad de comprensión del idioma: Intermedio Superior- Avanzado
____ figure skating
Recomendaciones para mejorar la comprensión:
____ having her hands touched by strangers
*If your written language understanding is basic or intermediate watch the film with
subtitles in Spanish.
*If your written language understanding is upper-intermediate or advanced watch
the film with subtitles in English.
Actividades propuestas
Antes de ver la película:
Read the following curiosities about the film:
 Amélie was originally written for the English actress Emily Watson, but she
left the project due to her little knowledge of French.
d) What does Amélie’s mother hate?
____ having her hands touched by strangers
____ when people look at her sandals
e) Why does Amelie study at home?
____ because she doesn’t like contact with people
____ because she has a heart defect
f) How does Amélie’s mother die?
 The café where Amélie works is located in Paris and is still giving service.
____ a woman who commits suicide throws from the church roof and
smashes her
 The dwarf that is in the garden of Amélie’s father actually belongs to a
member of the filming crew.
____ she commits suicide
 The album of pieces of photographs that appears in the film actually belongs
to Michel Folco, a friend of the director who was obsessed with the photos
he constantly found in the photo booths.
g) Where does Amélie work?
____ in a grocery
____ in a café
Área audiovisual Película: Amélie (Amélie) Mediateca, E.N.P. 9
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Clasificación FVI6 A435 *Match Amélie’s co workers with something that is representative of them:
Hypochondriac Popping bubble
wrap Cracking bones Inglés
Clasificación FVI6 A435 ( ) She unravels the identity
of the mysterious man in all
the station photo booths.
Failed writer Athletes who cry
when they lose Área audiovisual Película: Amélie (Amélie) Mediateca, E.N.P. 9
( ) She encourages him to
travel around the world.
* Put the events in chronological order:
____ Nino goes to Amélie’s place.
Suzanne
Gina
Georgette
Joseph
Hipolito
i) What does she want to do with her
discovery?
j) What do Amélie and Nino have in
common?
k) What is Mr. Bretodeau reaction to
Amelié’s action?
l) What does Ammélie do for her father?
m) Why does Amélie do certain illegal
things?
n) What does Amélie do for Raymond?
o) What does Amélie do for Madeleine?
p) What does Amélie do for Nino?
____ They recognize love in each other.
____ Amélie leaves his album in his bike.
*Contesta lo siguiente:
h) What event changes Amélie’s life?
____ Nino finds the photo which by the way has a note.
( ) Amélie does things
because she wants to
punish injustice.
( ) He feels extremely
happy and thankful.
( ) She writes a love letter
in the name of her husband.
( ) She discovers an old
box with someone’s
memories.
( ) She records some
videos to cheer him up.
( ) She wants to look for
the owner and give it back to
him.
( ) Both lose their mother
when they were kids.
____ Nino goes to the place where Amélie works but she is too shy to talk to
him.
____ Amélie calls Nino and asks him to go to the park.
____ Amélie disguises and takes some photos.
____ Nino goes to the park and follows some arrows.
Después de ver la película:
Contesta lo siguiente:
a) Imagine you are in love with someone but you are too shy to talk to him / her,
plan a sequence of five actions for the person to follow in order to meet you.
 Use the imperative form of the verb.
 Use sequencing words, if you don’t remember them use the following
link to look for them:
Elaborado por: González Navarro Erika Paola