Amelie’s director revealed the dark past of the character, whom we know for his innocence, 22 years later.
French film released in 2001 ameliewas among the cult productions of the cinema world. In the movie where Amélie Poulain, who has a tragic past, discovers her own feelings in Paris, our character was shown as a very innocent and pure person.
But Amélie’s true identityannounced today, 22 years later, by the film’s director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Amélie turned out to be a KGB agent. Let’s take a look at the shocking statements of the director.
The true story of Amélie:
According to the information shared by the director, although Amélie’s father is shown as a former soldier in the movie, this was not actually the case. The father was a member of the “Defense Supply Agency”, where the French defense systems were developed.
Amélie’s connection to the KGB is also linked to her father’s mission. The French Communist Party, a puppet of the KGBWhen he was still a child, he contacted Amélie in 1980 and had secret documents stolen from his father for cheap exchanges such as candy and gum.
But prior to these steals, Amélie was taught spy tactics. From hiding her own fingerprints to camouflage and make-up, from sending information with morse code to encrypted communication… Amélie pretending to take a photo of the clouds actually uses a very advanced camera and takes pictures of confidential documents.
Director Jeunet: Did anyone ever suspect that?
“Has no one ever wondered how a young waitress like Amélie could stay in such a decorated apartment in one of the most expensive areas of Paris?”
The story continues:
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, former KGB members reach Amélie again. This time, Amélie is not in exchange for candy and gum, in exchange for rubles working. These rubles are delivered to Amélie, hidden in sacks at the market below Amélie’s apartment.
In the next stage, Amélie now begins sabotage. She reads encrypted Russian messages, hides, prepares poisons, writes anonymous letters. After these missions, which are actually tests, he is given the only mission: His family fled Russia in 1925. Spying on Raymond Dufayelowski.
Raymond has been a supporter of resistance to anti-communism over the years. He was using the proceeds from all the artworks he sold against communism. This caught the eye of the Communist Party. Amélie by a former KGB agent tasked with killing Raymond.
Things are also rooted in Princess Diana’s death:
Princess Diana’s death was originally intended as a surprise accidental it was a death. In fact, the vehicle used in this accident and seen as a white Fiat was actually a Russian SAS-965.
Amélie does not choose the way the KGB wants to kill Raymond:
The KGB was giving Amélie a radiation-contaminated key brought from Chernobyl to kill Raymond. But Amélie does not choose this route and prepares a creme brulee for Raymond. in course together with cyanide.
However, Raymond is not a person who likes creme brulee very much. That’s why Amélie resorts to a second route: poison ink. But Raymond’s suspicions are increasing at this time. He takes antidotes beforehand against the poison. This antidote He drinks it mixed with wine in front of Amélie…
Although Amélie fails her mission, she receives a new assignment from the KGB. To make a list of those who make anti-communist propaganda. Amélie takes photos of every suspect she suspects, researches for weeks, tries to send the results of her research to Moscow with the antenna hidden in a statuette.
His true love in the movie is actually a French agent:
But the Tour de France cycling race breaks all the signals. Amélie sends the statuette to Russia with another agent. In the end, these documents do not reach the desired party. Gorbachev-supporting parties seized confidential documents To a French DGSE agent named Malotru gives.
Malotru searches for Amélie and takes him on a tour in his motorbike. Unaware that Malotru is an agent, Amélie someone who shows interest in him for the first time finds it. This is how Amélie’s KGB spying ends.
Now that we’ve learned this story, it looks like it’s time to watch the movie again.
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