Fear and Trembling
107 mins
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.
Bison Katayama
Monsieur Omochi
Yasunari Kondo
Monsieur Tenshi
Heileigh Gomes
Amélie enfant
Eri Sakai
Fubuki enfant
Thierry Derocles
Editor
Valérie Leblanc
Production Design
Philippe Taillefer
Production Design
Sophie Benaiche
Key Makeup Artist
Michel Lunetta
Key Hair Stylist
Frédéric Blum
Production Manager
Helene Glabeke
Post-Production Manager
Martine Vergnes
Unit Production Manager
Rodolphe Viémont
Unit Manager
Mathieu Partay
Second Assistant Director
Hideki Tomita
Assistant Director
Didier Beauland
Carpenter
Jean-Louis Bergougnoux
Head Carpenter
Laurent Philippe
Carpenter
Jochen Rohrig
Construction Manager
Nathalie Sarret
Painter
Stéphane Vinciguerra
Painter
Bernard Chaumeil
Assistant Sound Engineer
Toni Di Rocco
Sound Recordist
Rodolphe Duhamel
Sound Recordist
Judith Guittier
Assistant Foley Artist
Mineharu Kitamura
Sound Engineer
Jérôme Lévy
Foley Artist
Armelle Mahé
Sound Engineer
Gréggory Poncelet
Sound Recordist
Patrice Fauquemberg
Special Effects
Philippe Hubin
Special Effects
Vincent Alexander
Visual Effects Coordinator
Frédéric Moreau
Visual Effects
Sarah Moreau
Visual Effects Coordinator
Philippe Soeiro
Visual Effects Supervisor
Odile Guillodeau
Stunt Double
Pascal Hénin
Electrician
Eric Le Roux
Camera Operator
Rachid Madaoui
Gaffer
Makoto Sano
Electrician
Daisuke Soma
Assistant Camera
Rokurō Terada
Assistant Camera
Jean-Baptiste Wery
Camera Trainee
Julie Mallard
Costumer
Thomas Gilson
Assistant Editor
Aude Humblet
Colorist
Sylvie Petat
Assistant Editor
Sylvie Petat
Dialogue Editor
Gerard Savary
Color Grading
Philippe Tourret
Post-Production Manager
Valérie Lindon
Music Supervisor
Laure Blaess
Production Accountant
Mitsuko Jurgenson
Production Assistant