Fear and Trembling 2003
7 / 10
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.
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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... Amélie
... Fubuki
... Mr Omochi
... Monsieur Saito
... Monsieur Tenshi
SF
Sokyu Fujita... Monsieur Haneda
Release Date:
Mar 12, 2003 (France,Japan)
Run Time:
1hr 47`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
French
Production Countries:
France,Japan
Status:
Released
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Fear and Trembling - Fear and Trembling
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... Assistant Director
... First Assistant Director
... Second Assistant Director
Cast
... Amélie
... Fubuki
... Mr Omochi
... Monsieur Saito
... Monsieur Tenshi
SF
Sokyu Fujita... Monsieur Haneda
... Monsieur Unaji
... Amélie enfant
ES
Eri Sakai... Fubuki enfant
Produced By
... Production Manager
... Executive Producer
... Unit Production Manager
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