Amelie

Magic realism was present in many scenes of the movie Amelie. The earliest example was during Amelie's childhood. Her mother gives her a camera to comfort her from the loss of her goldfish. Amelie starts taking pictures around her, starting with the clouds. In this scene the clouds were edited to look like a bunny rabbit. The chances of clouds forming into a rabbit shape are virtually nonexistent in real life, which makes this scene an example of magic realism.

Over the course of the movie were the scenes with the old man. He doesn't travel outside his house and he paints the same exact picture every year. Amelie exposes him to the present world by secretly sending him recordings of present television shows. This way, he can change his view of the world and his painting. It doesn't seem like magic realism, but the shows are strange and exotic when taken out of context.

Another scene was during Amelie's extravagant "game" with a man she fell in love with. When he arrived at the Two Windmills to meet her, she was so tense and nervous around him. Once he leaves, she's so relieved that she turns into water.