Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

2025 • 1h 17m •

Animation Drama Family

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★ 7.9/10

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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.

"When you're three years old, you see everything and understand nothing."

Top Billed Cast

Loïse Charpentier

Amélie (voice)

Victoria Grobois

Nishio-San (voice)

Yumi Fujimori

Kashima-San (voice)

Cathy Cerda

Claude the Grandmother (voice)

Marc Arnaud

Patrick the Father (voice)

Laëtitia Coryn

Daniele the Mother (voice)

Haylee Issembourg

Juliette (voice)

Isaac Schoumsky

André (voice)

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C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic

2026-02-19

“Amélie” is a young girl living with her Belgian diplomat father, her mother and her two siblings on post in Tokyo. From birth, she has been a little bit different, and so her parents have recruited the kindly “Nishio-san” to come and take care of her. Her almost instant affect on the child is mesmerising and soon the two are bonding and “Amélie” is speaking - though not immediately to her pesky elder brother “André”, and making up for some of her lost time. As she hits her third birthday, she receives some news that is going to change her life and upset her equilibrium. Eve...