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A surprise for fans of japanese film music occurs in the last act when ryuchi sakamotos score for merry christmas, mr. After spending part of her childhood in japan, amelie sylvie testud goes back after graduating from college to work as an interpreter at a corporation. Amelie, one of the main characters in the movie, encounters different kinds of intercultural adaption difficulties. Fear and trembling is a 2003 french film based on the novel of the same name by amelie nothomb. Nov 09, 2004 in the tradition of office space and waydowndown, fear and trembling is an alarmingly twisted look at the corporate office as war zone. Fear and trembling is an odd little film which purports to examine both power and the differences between east and west. Fear and trembling 2003 u 03122003 fr comedy, drama 1h 47m. I stumbled upon the title somehow, found it at, and ordered a copy.
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