Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Young Amélie's life is one big adventure: as she discovers the beauty of life and encounters tragedy, a tender and poignant story unfolds in a film that visually enchants and surprises.

About Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
When Amélie is two and a half years old, she tastes white chocolate for the first time and only then really begins to live. She starts talking, gets to know her brother, sister and parents, she discovers the garden near their house, de seizoenen and time. A visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection based on Amélie Nothomb's book of the same name.

The world is a confusing, peaceful mystery to Amélie, until a miraculous encounter with chocolate sparks her wild curiosity. As she develops a deep bond with her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature and the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family's idyllic life as foreigners in 1960s post-war Japan. A tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection.

Directed by Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
With Loïse Charpentier (Voice), Victoria Grobois (Voice), Yumi Fujimori (Voice), Cathy Cerda (Voice), Marc Arnaud (Voice)

Country of production: France
French spoken, Dutch subtitles
animation, 75 min, 2025
6+

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