Amélie (Audrey Tatou), the heroine of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s award-winning whimsical romance, is no ordinary young woman. A waitress in a Montmartre, Paris bar, Amélie observes people and lets her imagination roam free. One day, she suddenly finds her purpose in life: to solve other people’s problems. Follow her around Paris as she engineers offbeat solutions to better the lives of her deserving co-workers, relatives, and neighbors, including the concierge who spends her day sipping port while communing with a stuffed dog; Georgette, the hypochondriac newsdealer; and the “glass man,” who lives vicariously through a Renoir reproduction. Amélie’s mission to help others is rudely interrupted when she meets a strange, off-beat young man, Nino Quincampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz), who captures her interest, and sets her on a mission to do accomplish something for herself, in the most charming and complicated way possible.

Free. This film is shown outdoors at dusk, around 7:45 pm. For accessibility concerns, call 413 458 0524. Bring a picnic and your own seating. Rain moves the showing to the auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.



Image: Amélie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1959