Little Amélie or the Character of Rain vs Our Departures
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.8/10 for Our Departures). Little Amélie or the Character of Rain is the shorter watch at 1h 15m compared with 2h . Our Departures is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are drama, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Our Departures| Little Amélie or the Character of Rain | Our Departures | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 15m | 2h |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, Family | Drama, Family |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang, Maïlys Vallade | Yasuhiro Yoshida |
| Main cast | Marc Arnaud, Cathy Cerda, Loïse Charpentier, Victoria Grobois, Yumi Fujimori | Jun Kunimura, Hitomi Miyauchi, Houka Kinoshita, Munetaka Aoki, Mariko Tsutsui |
Synopsis
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
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.
Our Departures
Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.
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