Josep (2020)

Directed by

Aurel

Genre

animated film, biographical film

Country

France, Belgium, Spain

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

14

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 122 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An animated film follows the life of a Catalan cartoonist and revolutionary during and after the Spanish Civil War. It also covers his later relationship with the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.

melancholicsomberhand-drawnbittersweetreflectivepoignantvisually expressive

What happens

Josep is a 2020 animated biographical film directed by Aurel (in his directorial debut) from a script by Jean-Louis Milesi, detailing the life of Catalonian cartoonist and revolutionary Josep Bartolí, following his experience during the Spanish Civil War, after the Second World War and his relationship with the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. An international co-production between France, Belgium and Spain, the film was produced by Serge Lalou for Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée, in co-production with Les Films du Poisson Rouge, In Effecto, Tchack, Les Films d’Ici, Lunanime and Promenons-nous dans les bois. Josep was set to premiere at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival in May 2020, however it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, it premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France on 22 June 2020, and was released theatrically in France on 30 September 2020. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and won several accolades, including the César Award for Best Animated Film and European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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