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Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
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.
2025 · Directed by Maïlys Vallade · 77 min · Animation · Drama · Family · 26 frames
Tagline
When you're three years old, you see everything and understand nothing.
Crew
- Screenplay: Liane-cho Han, Eddine Noel, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade
- Edited by: Ludovic Versace
- Music: Mari Fukuhara
- Produced by: Claire La Combe, Edwina Liard, Henri Magalon, Nidia Santiago
Cast
- 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)
Production
- Country: France
- Language: French, Japanese
- Studios: Maybe Movies, 2 Minutes, France 3 Cinéma, Puffin Pictures
- Budget: $11,100,000
- Box office: $1,530,750
- Themes: japan, based on novel or book, chocolate, housekeeper, nature, curiosity, chocolate bar, post war japan, belgian, foreigners
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