Movie «Fear and Trembling» [2003]

Original title: Stupeur et tremblements [fr]
Poster for the movie «Fear and Trembling»
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.
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Country
France France
Japan Japan
Duration
1 hour 47 minutes
Release status
Released
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Actors
Amélie poster

Amélie

Sylvie Testud
Fubuki poster

Fubuki

Kaori Tsuji
Mr Omochi poster

Mr Omochi

Bison Katayama
Monsieur Saito poster

Monsieur Saito

Tarô Suwa
Monsieur Tenshi poster

Monsieur Tenshi

Yasunari Kondo
Monsieur Haneda poster

Monsieur Haneda

Sokyu Fujita
Monsieur Unaji poster

Monsieur Unaji

Gen Shimaoka
Amélie enfant poster

Amélie enfant

Heileigh Gomes
Fubuki enfant poster

Fubuki enfant

Eri Sakai
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