Josep

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Josep

2020

1h 14m

Drama

History

Animation

Biography

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During the Spanish civil war, Republican fighters fleeing Franco's dictatorship are imprisoned in concentration camps once they arrive in France. Forced to live in appalling conditions, these refugees barely have access to hygiene, water, and food. Josep tells the story of how Josep Bartolí, an artist born in Barcelona, and Serge, a sympathetic French camp guard, become friends after Serge slips him some paper to use for his art.

Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

03/15/2022

[A] timely tribute from one cartoonist to another.

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Alissa Simon

Variety

10/23/2021

The strong subject matter as well as the eponymous subject's storied life makes one wish for a longer running time than 72 minutes.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

01/25/2021

4/5

It's a delicate, thoughtful film, moving and real.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

03/15/2022

Drawn in a simple but evocative graphic-novel style, this is not an aesthetically dazzling animated feature, but its unshowy nature underlines the considerable emotional power of the story.

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

03/09/2022

B+

cartoonist Aurel directs the film in a number of distinct styles, his own modern, colorful approach used for the storyteller, Bartolis own work animated in flashback

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Rubén Rosario

MiamiArtZine

05/03/2021

If you only have time to watch one film during this year's festival, this touching, exquisitely rendered tribute from one artist to another makes a persuasive case for that coveted spot.

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11/03/2021

Highly recommend - have watched it twice. Based on a true story, Aurel's magnificent animated feature film introduces us to Josep Bartoli (1910-1995), the Spanish illustrator who fled Franco's dictatorship and wound up in a brutal internment camp in France. Befriended by a guard, we follow Bartoli's escape to Paris and then Mexico where he became friends with artists Frieda Kahlo and Diego Rivera. "Josep" offers broad appeal - a compelling personal story of survival; world history; French and Spanish culture; illustration; the relationship between art and war; human compassion; the healing power of art.

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Emilio T

@MilloTPue 06/25/2021

Between 2 and 3 stars (although I have not seen able to watch it until the end). More relevant for the real story it tells than for its cinematographical values.

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Synopsis

During the Spanish civil war, Republican fighters fleeing Franco's dictatorship are imprisoned in concentration camps once they arrive in France. Forced to live in appalling conditions, these refugees barely have access to hygiene, water, and food. Josep tells the story of how Josep Bartolí, an artist born in Barcelona, and Serge, a sympathetic French camp guard, become friends after Serge slips him some paper to use for his art.

Director: Aurel, Aurélien Froment
Producer: Serge Lalou, Jordi B. Oliva
Screenwriter: Jean-Louis Milesi
Production Co: Upside Films, In Efecto , Lunanime, Les Films du Poisson Rouge, Tchack, Les Films d'ici, Promenons-Nous Dans Les Bois, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films d'ici Méditerranée, Les Fées Spéciales, Belga Productions
Genre: Drama, History, Animation, Biography
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 15, 2022
Runtime: 1h 14m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1