Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

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

A tender, visually lyrical animated portrait of childhood wonder and cross-cultural human connection set in post-war Japan, where small moments of discovery—chocolate, nature, a beloved caregiver—reveal emotional depths beneath an idyllic surface.

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.