Fear and Trembling

About Fear and Trembling

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.

Fear and Trembling (2003) is a comedy film directed by Alain Corneau. It runs 107 minutes and was released in March 2003.

Sylvie Testud appears as Amélie, Kaori Tsuji as Fubuki, Bison Katayama as Monsieur Omochi, and Tarō Suwa as Monsieur Saito. Written by Alain Corneau. The story is adapted from a novel.

Members will find fish out of water, employer employee relationship, and translator in it. In the United States it streams on MUBI Amazon Channel.

Mean Girls, The Proposal, and Midnight Cowboy make useful companions to Fear and Trembling. It scores 6.5 out of 10 from 141 TMDB voters.