Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (known in the United States as Amélie) is the story of a lonely young waitress in the Montmartre district who decides to devote herself to improving the lives of people around her. Isabelle Vanderschelden provides analysis and social context for the film and the reasons behind its success.
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"Ginette Vincendeau has assembled an elite corps of film scholars to address a marvelous array of modern and classic French films with the close-up scrutiny they deserve." --Dudley Andrew
Isabelle Vanderschelden is a senior lecturer in French at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of Studies in French Cinema and other books.