How a Canadian film is animating the difficult story of an underappreciated artist - CBC News

The animated film Charlotte deals with the story of Second World War-era Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon. It stars Kiera Knightley and is getting a theatrical release in some Canadian cities today after playing at TIFF last year.

Charlotte co-director Tahir Rana will admit that he did not know who Charlotte Salomon was until he saw a script about her life a Jew who fled Nazi Germany only to end up in Vichy France, and whose d… [+5904 chars]

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