Underplayed Gems

Charlotte (2021)

Charlotte poster
Directed by
Tahir Rana, Éric Warin
Genre
animation, drama, war, history
Country
France, Canada
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
TP
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This animated film tells the story of Charlotte Salomon, a German painter who created a series of autobiographical works while facing personal and historical turmoil. It follows her artistic journey and the challenges she experienced during a dangerous era.

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What happens

Charlotte is a 2021 animated biographical drama film about German painter Charlotte Salomon, directed by Éric Warin and Tahir Rana, from a screen story by Erik Rutherford and a screenplay by Rutherford and David Bezmozgis, inspired by Salomon's autobiographical painting series, Life? or Theatre?. It stars the voices of Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory (in her final appearance), Sophie Okonedo and Mark Strong. Knightley, Marion Cotillard, and Xavier Dolan serve as executive producers. Cotillard also voiced Salomon in the French version of the film. Charlotte is an international co-production between Canada, Belgium and France. The film made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2021. It was released in Canada on 22 April 2022 and in France on 9 November 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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