Movie Description
Stupeur et tremblements
(2003)Overview
Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it precisely this determination that is incompatable with Japanese humility. Though she is hired for a choice position as a translator at an import/export firm, her inability to understand Japanese cultural norms results in increasingly humiliating demotions. Though Amelie secretly adulates her, her immediate supervisor takes sadistic pleasure in belittling her all along. She finally manages to break Amelie's will by making her the bathroom attendant, and is delighted when Amelie tells her the she will not renew her contract. Amelie realizes that she is finally a real Japanese when she enters the company president's office "with fear and trembling," which could only be possible because her determination was broken by Miss Fubuki's systematic torture.
Featured Crew
- Director : Alain Corneau
- Producer : Alain Sarde
- Writer : Alain Corneau
- Editor : Thierry Derocles
- Cast : Sylvie Testud,Kaori Tsuji,Bison Katayama,Tarō Suwa,Yasunari Kondo,Sokyu Fujita,Gen Shimaoka,Heileigh Gomes,Eri Sakai
Cast
Amélie
Fubuki
Monsieur Omochi
Monsieur Saito
Monsieur Tenshi
Monsieur Haneda
Monsieur Unaji
Amélie enfant
Fubuki enfant
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Facts
Original TitleStupeur et tremblements
Status Released
Release Information
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2003-03-12
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 47m
Production CompaniesStudioCanal,Les Films Alain Sarde,Divali Films,France 3 Cinéma
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama










































