“A must-see!” – Andrew Sarris, New York Observer. “A marvelous cross between SECRETARY and LOST IN TRANSLATION!” – Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Amelie, a dreamy and romantic young Belgian woman, arrives in Japan to work as a translator for the Yumimoto Corporation. Eager to please her bosses and co-workers, she diligently accomplishes her daily tasks with invention and enthusiasm. But unfamiliar with the local customs, she commits a series of cultural missteps and is singled out as a deviant. The harder she tries, the more wrathful her superiors seem to become, the more unreasonable and humiliating their demands. Unable to stop her downfall, Amelie suddenly stumbles upon her own extraordinary means of liberation.
