'Little Amélie or the Character of Rain' Review: One of the Year's Best Animated Movies | TIFF 2025

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Cinema is full of coming-of-age stories, but rarely do they delve back to the very beginnings of a person, before we’re even aware that we are human beings. Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, based on the novel by Amélie Nothomb, begins at the actual birth of Amélie, and follows the first three years of her life. Even though it’s a period in our lives that most of us don’t remember, Little Amélie grasps what it’s like to be brand new, the moments that make us become aware of our lives, and the exploration that is required to figure out who you are — even in your earliest days.

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