Fear and Trembling (2003)
Fear and Trembling (2003)
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.

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Sylvie Testud Sylvie Testud As: Amélie
Kaori Tsuji Kaori Tsuji As: Fubuki
Bison Katayama Bison Katayama As: Mr Omochi
Tarô Suwa Tarô Suwa As: Monsieur Saito
Yasunari Kondo Yasunari Kondo As: Monsieur Tenshi
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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.


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Certification: 12

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Genres: Comedy, Drama

Language: Français, 日本語

Release Date: 12 March 2003

Country: JP, FR

Runtime: 107m

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Sylvie Testud

Sylvie Testud

Amélie

Kaori Tsuji

Kaori Tsuji

Fubuki

Bison Katayama

Bison Katayama

Mr Omochi

Tarô Suwa

Tarô Suwa

Monsieur Saito

Yasunari Kondo

Yasunari Kondo

Monsieur Tenshi

Sokyu Fujita

Sokyu Fujita

Monsieur Haneda

Gen Shimaoka

Gen Shimaoka

Monsieur Unaji

Heileigh Gomes

Heileigh Gomes

Amélie enfant

Eri Sakai

Eri Sakai

Fubuki enfant

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