10 Movie Scenes That Are Awesome (But Nobody Talks About)
5. Audio Description - Amélie
Amélie is a delightful French-language romantic comedy about a woman who deals with her own sadness through being kind to others.
Raised by an eccentric father, the Parisian protagonist lives an isolated existence until she discovers a box in her home full of items belonging to a former resident. She makes her mission to deliver the items back to their owner, thus bringing him joy.
Across the course of the movie, Amélie interacts with many different people living in the French capital. One such interaction is with a blind man, whom the heroine helps cross the street.
What begins as a simple of act of kindness turns into a whirlwind of frantic words, as Amélie takes the time to describe anything around them in great detail. The clothes of other people, the price of pork in the butchers, the fruit on sale at the market, Amélie enlightens her friend on all of it.
When she leaves him, he literally lights up with joy, as though he has seen the world for the first time a in while.
A beautiful scene from a beautiful movie, this moment extolls the virtues of helping others whilst also reminding its audience not to take the little things for granted.