Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
When you're three years old, you see everything and understand nothing.
2025 · 1h 17m · PG
Animation, Drama, Family
Directed by
Maïlys Vallade
,
Liane-cho Han
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Maïlys Vallade Director
- Liane-cho Han Director
- Loïse Charpentier as Amélie (voice)
- Victoria Grobois as Nishio-San (voice)
- Yumi Fujimori as Kashima-San (voice)
- Cathy Cerda as Claude the Grandmother (voice)
- Marc Arnaud as Patrick the Father (voice)
- Laëtitia Coryn as Daniele the Mother (voice)
- Haylee Issembourg as Juliette (voice)
- Isaac Schoumsky as André (voice)
- François Raison as Doctor / Radio Voice (voice)
- Emmylou Homs as Amélie (additional voice)
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