Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Film details
| Film Title | Little Amélie or the Character of Rain |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 78mins |
| Year | 2025 |
| Country | France |
| Director | Liane-cho Han |
| Actors | Loïse Charpentier, Victoria Grobois, Yumi Fujimori, Cathy Cerda, Marc Arnaud, Laëtitia Coryn, Haylee Issembourg, Isaac Schoumsky, François Raison |
| Language | French, Japanese |
| AKA | Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes |
| Showings |
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.
This tender and sweet animation from film-makers Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han is an involving, poignant study of early childhood; how fragile it is, and how strong you feel yourself to be to have outlived or surpassed it.
★★★★
At just 75 minutes, it could have afforded more time to let its themes steep, but even so, this short trip into a small girl’s life leaves you with plenty of big things to ponder.
★★★★
Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s film is both a fantastical memoir and precocious coming-of-age story, one that doesn’t need to venture past threenage.
★★★★
