In my top five films is a film by the director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
It's the delightful film 'Amélie' or Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain. It was made by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who had previously made several other films which I also loved. It evokes a particular area of Paris particularly well, around Montmartre - I visited a few of the locations when on a recent visit to Paris, including the 2 Windmills restaurant where scenes were shot.
I saw the film for the first time at the Showroom cinema in Sheffield: an arts cinema where I saw many films at the time.
Amelie's soundtrack was composed by the musician Yann Tiersen. I saw Yann play live at the Barbican last year and also attended a Q&A session before the concert started.
I was due to head down to the Royal Festival Hall in June for a special screening of the film accompanied by an orchestra.
However, it was cancelled in March - probably due to a rights issue. Hopefully it will eventually happen.
There are some classic accordion-led pieces on the soundtrack album.
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