IndieWire spoke to directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han about adapting the original book and representing Japan through animation. There are too many animated movies to name that star children, but few capture how a child sees the world as well as “ Little Amélie or the Character of Rain .” Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by author Amélie Nothomb, the film begins with the birth of the main character, a young Belgian girl whose father works as a diplomat in ’60s Japan, while the