LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN

Nominee, Best Animated Feature, 2026 Academy Awards®; Winner, Audience Award, 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival; Nominee, Camera d’Or, 2025 Cannes Film Festival

The world is a perplexing but 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 Maïlys 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. (Note courtesy of GKIDS.) DIR/SCR Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang, Maïlys Vallade; SCR Aude Py, Eddine Noël, from the novel “The Character of Rain” by Amélie Nothomb; PROD Claire La Combe, Edwina Liard, Henri Magalon, Nidia Santiago. France/Belgium, 2025, color, 77 min. In French and Japanese with English subtitles. RATED PG

Run Time: 77 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, February 20, 2026

Genre: Animation, family

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