Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

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Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

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2025

1h 18m

Drama

Animation

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The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family's idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan. Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and brought to life in the completely original animated style of directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN tells a tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection.

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Conveying complex emotions through a deceptively simple story and dynamic colors, Little Amélie is an enchanting animated feature that brims with wisdom.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

Dec 12

3.5/4

The lovely animation is next level in this touching tale of a Belgian girl living in Japan who finds understanding in a clash of cultures.

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

Nov 10

The gently transcendent, tear-inducing conclusion that “Little Amélie” reaches suggests that memory serves as our only remedy for loss. As long as we don’t forget, what we cherish won’t become ephemeral.

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Coleman Spilde

Salon.com

Nov 5

“Little Amélie” employs swaths of eye-popping color, broad shapes and thoughtfully rendered two-dimensional art style and camera movements to bewitch slightly younger viewers.

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

Dec 24

B

This Belgian, French, Japanese animated film follows the early development of a child from the perspective of a child better than any movie I can recall.

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Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

Dec 24

B+

As an all-ages adventure in magical realism ... it’s often enchanting, always amusing, occasionally profound. I haven't seen a child this young confronted with such daunting questions about life and death since Ponette back in 1996.

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

Dec 18

Emotions are never oversold, instead landing with just the right notes. The end result is a lovely work of art that transports and transforms, exactly how a movie should.

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Nov 20

Little Amlie was a fantastic film

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Nov 13

I thought the movie as a whole was fantastic, but I have mixed feelings about the more intense portions of the plot and might recommend a trigger warning… especially for younger viewers

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Nov 11

The plot and the animation are both very good. The main character as someone who knows everything but has to learn about everything is unique. The animation is expressive and lends to the emotional nature of parts of the story.

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Nov 10

Beautiful, funny, moving, artfully made film that engaged the whole family. My 11 year old after the movie "why don't they make more animated movies like that in America?"

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Nov 10

such a beautiful animated movie

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Nov 10

10/10 Wasn't expecting a metaphysical journey, not sure what the mid behind me was feeling after but damn.

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Synopsis

The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family's idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan. Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and brought to life in the completely original animated style of directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN tells a tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection.

Director: Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
Producer: Henri Magalon, Edwina Liard, Claire La Combe, Nidia Santiago
Screenwriter: Liane-Cho Han, Maïlys Vallade, Aude Py, Eddine Noël
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: Ikki Films, Maybe Movies
Rating: PG (Thematic Content|Peril|Brief Scary Images)
Genre: Drama, Animation
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 31, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 9, 2025
Runtime: 1h 18m

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