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Actors: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Taro Suwa, Yasunari Kondo, Sokyu Fujita
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fear and Trembling |
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FEAR AND TREMBLING (Stupeur et tremblements) was based on Amélie Nothomb novel and directed by Alain Corneau in 2002. Sylvie Testud earned for this movie the 2004 French Academy award in the Best Actress category.
Amélie spent her first years in Japan and returned then to Europe. After having earned an academic degree, she returns to Tokyo and is hired, with a one year contract, by the Yamamoto corporation as a translator. She is bright, fluent in the Japanese language but doesn't understand all the Japanese office culture and protocols. After a few blunders, she's assigned first to uninteresting tasks in the accounting department and finally to the cleaning of the rest rooms. Amélie knows that a Japanese won't quit his job for fear of losing face so she just hangs in waiting for the end of her contract.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Fear and Trembling |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- clerk
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Culture clash?
- visiting a different culture
Culture of surrounding area:
- Japanese
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Belgium
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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