Amélie Poulain has led a sheltered life – educated at home by overprotective parents, she retreats into a fantasy world of her own. When she finally leaves home and finds work as a server in a Parisian café, life is pretty uneventful until a chain of extraordinary events leads her to the discovery of a tin box containing a schoolboy’s long-forgotten mementos. It is then that Amélie discovers her true vocation in life – helping others find love and happiness – which she sets about in her own unique and magical way. When Amélie falls in love, she realizes that making neat solutions is not as easy as it seems…