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Academy Award-winning producer and distributor GKIDS announced today it will bring Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (original title in French: Amélie et la Métaphysique des tubes) to theaters nationwide starting November 7. Prior to its nationwide expansion, the title will open in select markets starting October 31.
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain made its World Premiere in the 2025 Cannes Film Festival as an official selection in the Special Screenings section. It went on to screen as an Official Selection in Competition at the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The film will hold its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, before running as an Official Selection in the Perlak Section at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain and as an Official Selection at BFI London Film Festival.
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Synopsis: 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.
Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and brought to life in the completely original animated style of directors Mailys 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.
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Marking the feature directorial debuts of Vallade (The Lighthouse Keeper; storyboard, The Swallows of Kabul, I Lost My Body) and Han (animation director, Calamity, Long Way North), the film is written by Han, Vallade, Aude Py (A Jew Must Die) and Eddine Noël (layout/design, The Summit of the Gods, Calamity), who also serves as art director. Ludovic Versace is the film’s editor. Producers are Nidia Santiago and Edwina Liard (for Ikki Films), Claire La Combe and Henri Magalon (for Maybe Movies).
The voice cast is led by Loïse Charpentier, Victoria Grobois, Laetitia Coryn, Yumi Fujimori, Marc Arnaud and Emmylou Homs.
