Film Little Amélie or the Character of Rain at OKCMOA

• A 2026 Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature, Mäilys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s visually exquisite adaptation of Amélie Nothomb’s bestselling autobiographical novel contemplates life through the eyes of a Belgian girl growing up in Japan as she approaches her third birthday.

• In French and Japanese with English subtitles. (77 minutes)

• “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 Mäilys 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.” –GKids