"Sur les pas d'Amélie Poulain à Montmartre" has been shared to the blog from the French reading exercises section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills. This article also has audio for you to practice your French listening skills; you can find many more listening activities in the French listening practice section.
In 2001, film lovers around the world discovered Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain, which quickly became one of the most beloved French films of all time. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou, the film introduced millions of people around the world to the charming streets of Montmartre, one of Paris’s most picturesque neighbourhoods. In the bilingual article below, you’ll get to follow in Amélie’s footsteps and visit three real locations from the film: Le Café des Deux Moulins, La Maison Collignon and Le Manège du Sacré-Cœur. So step into the magical world of Amélie and her iconic Montmartre!
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Introduction
Part 1 – Le Café des Deux Moulins
Part 2 – La Maison Collignon
Part 3 – Le Manège sous le Sacré-Cœur
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Author info
Aurélie is our resident French Expert. She has created most of the wonderful content you see on the site and is usually the person answering your tricky help questions. She comes from a small village near Chartres in Central France, country of cereal fields and not much else. She left (in a hurry) to study English at the world-famous Sorbonne in Paris, before leaving France in 2007 to experience the “London lifestyle” - and never looked back! She's worked as a professional French teacher, translator and linguist in the UK since. She loves to share her love of languages and is a self-professed cinema and literature geek!