Fear and Trembling (film)

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'Stupeur et tremblements'
Directed by Alain Corneau
Written by Amélie Nothomb
Alain Corneau
Starring Sylvie Testud
Kaori Tsuji
Taro Suwa
Bison Katayama
Release date(s) 2003
Running time 107 min
Language French
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Fear and Trembling (original title Stupeur et tremblements) is a French film based on the homonymous novel by Amélie Nothomb.

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Amélie, a young Belgian woman (played by Sylvie Testud), having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society.

The title, "Fear and Trembling", is said in the film to be the way Japanese must behave when adressing to the Emperor. For Westerners, it is more spontaneously a reference to a line from Philippians 2:12, "...continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.", which could also describe Amélie's posture during her year at Yumimoto.

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