Fear and Trembling

Fear and Trembling

2003
1h 47m
6.4

6.4/10

131 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
StudioCanal Les Films Alain Sarde Divali Films France 3 Cinéma
Production Countries
Japan France
Spoken Languages
Japanese French

Quick Facts

Original Title Stupeur et tremblements
Release Date March 12, 2003
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0318725

Cast

Sylvie Testud
Sylvie Testud

Amélie

Kaori Tsuji
Kaori Tsuji

Fubuki

Bison Katayama
Bison Katayama

Monsieur Omochi

Tarō Suwa
Tarō Suwa

Monsieur Saito

Yasunari Kondo
Yasunari Kondo

Monsieur Tenshi

Sokyu Fujita
Sokyu Fujita

Monsieur Haneda

Gen Shimaoka
Gen Shimaoka

Monsieur Unaji

Heileigh Gomes
Heileigh Gomes

Amélie enfant

Eri Sakai
Eri Sakai

Fubuki enfant

Key Crew

Alain Corneau
Director
Alain Corneau
Writer
Alain Sarde
Producer
Christine Gozlan
Executive Producer
Kenzo Horikoshi
Executive Producer