Fear and Trembling
- Original title
- Stupeur et tremblements
- Year
- 2003
- Running time
- 107 min.
- Country
- France
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Alain Corneau. Novel: Amélie Nothomb
- Cast
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- Sylvie Testud
- Kaori Tsuji
- Taro Suwa
- Bison Katayama
- Yasunari Kondo
- Sokyu Fujita
- Gen Shimaoka
- Heileigh Gomes
- Eri Sakai
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production France-Japan;
- Genre
- Drama | Biography
- Movie Groups
- Amélie Nothomb Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Amélie, a dreamy and romantic young Belgian woman, arrives in Japan to begin work as a translator for the giant Yumimoto Corporation. For Amélie, who spent her childhood in Japan, this is a dream come true. It is her chance to become a “real Japanese.”
Eager to please her bosses and co-workers, Amélie diligently accomplishes her daily tasks with invention and enthusiasm, but, unfamiliar with the customs of the Japanese workplace, she commits a series of cultural missteps and is singled out as a deviant within the company hierarchy, suffering a string of demotions.
The harder she tries, the more wrathful her superiors seem to become. Unable to stop her downfall, Amélie suddenly stumbles upon her own extraordinary means of liberation.- Awards
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2003: César Awards: Best Actress (Testud). Nominated for Best Screenplahy2003: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Best Actress (Sylvie Testud)
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