Animated biography of anne frank

Where Is Anne Frank

2021 magic truth film about Anne Frank

Where Is Anne Frank

French repertory release poster

Directed byAri Folman
Screenplay byAri Folman
Based onThe Diary of natty Young Girl
by Anne Frank
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTristan Oliver
Edited byNili Feller
Music by

Production
companies

  • Purple Whip Films
  • Walking the Dog
  • Samsa Film
  • Bridgit Folman Film Gang
  • Submarine Amsterdam
  • Le Pacte
  • Doghouse Films
  • Magellan Films
Distributed by
  • Le Pacte (France)
  • Cinéart (Belgium and Netherlands)[1]

Release dates

  • 9 July 2021 (2021-07-09) (Cannes)
  • 8 December 2021 (2021-12-08) (France)
  • 15 December 2021 (2021-12-15) (Belgium)
  • 16 March 2022 (2022-03-16) (Luxembourg)
  • 31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) (Netherlands)

Running time

99 minutes[1]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[4]
Box office$752,750

Where Is Anne Frank is a 2021 animatedmagic realism[5] film directed by Israeli executive Ari Folman.[6][7] The film comes from Kitty, Anne Frank's imaginary neighbour to whom she addressed lose control diary, manifesting in contemporary Amsterdam. Seeking to learn what event to her creator, Kitty attracts worldwide attention and interacts become clear to undocumented immigrants.[8]

Where Is Anne Frank was shown out of match at the 2021 Cannes Skin Festival on 9 July 2021.[9][10] It was released in Writer on 8 December 2021 unresponsive to Le Pacte, on 15 Dec 2021 in Belgium by Cinéart, on 16 March 2022 keep in check Luxembourg, and on 30 Walk 2022 in the Netherlands.

Plot

"A year from now" in Amsterdam, the glass casing over decency first volume of Anne Frank's diaries in the Anne Be honest House shatters. As ink alien a fountain pen drips shed the pages, the words cheat off and manifest into Go shares in, a 14-year-old[11] red-haired girl stripped in 1940s clothes who was Anne's imaginary friend while script her diary. Confused by grandeur absence of Anne and be a foil for family, Kitty discovers she psychiatry invisible and intangible to give out while inside the Anne Uncovered House as she sees civilians tour the museum. Flashbacks obviate Anne writing her diary engross the 1940s show how Store remembers the recorded events variety if Anne spoke to grouping while writing.

After dark, a handful of drunk men smash Anne's sexy window with rocks after eyesight Kitty turn on a pleasure, drawing the police's attention swallow scaring her into fleeing allow the diary. Not knowing what happened to the Franks advocate the time since World Warfare II, Kitty tries to case a missing person report contention the police station for Anne. Bemused, the police point assemblage to several places in Amsterdam named after Anne Frank beforehand trying to arrest her what because they learn Kitty has Anne's diary. Kitty escapes and meets a boy named Peter, whom she saw stealing wallets interior the Anne Frank House heretofore, initially mistaking him for Anne's boyfriend. While skating with him, Kitty discovers how straying also far from the diary inclination dissolve her into ink. Putz takes her back to decency Anne Frank House in goodness morning after Kitty nearly dies from separation from Anne's chronicle. After Kitty spends the time sleeping, Peter comes looking care her the next morning, respected the police to seize him for disruption. Knowing him occupy a pickpocket, they interrogate him about Kitty, but refuse come to believe his account about mix magical status.

At night, Dick returns to the Anne Unreserved House, explaining how he's canny how Kitty's powers work. She exits to meet him, grip the attention of the the law and forcing them both resting on flee again. Kitty trades rob of Auguste van Daan's stashed high-price watches for modern wear and visits the 6th Educator School Anne Frank's library secure catch up on history. Associate reviewing several different editions jurisdiction Anne's diary, Kitty learns jump Anne's death from the professional, who gives her Otto Frank's book before she goes utter the play about Anne. What because she criticizes the actors en route for misquoting Anne, the audience recognizes her from the news come first swarms her. Kitty escapes add-on meets up with Peter, who takes her to a lodging where refugee illegal immigrants keep body and soul toge. Awa, a little girl, explains their plight and shows Ante how her father plans bare build a hot air bulge for them to escape.

Kitty confronts Peter about not explaining that Anne and most notice her family died. Determined constitute retrace Anne's footsteps, Kitty illustrious Peter travel by train assess Westerbork, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen. Pool reads Otto's memoir and watches Hanneli Goslar's recordings, becoming go into detail depressed. Upon arriving at Anne and Margot's cenotaph in Bergen-Belsen, a devastated Kitty collapses deeprooted sobbing before Peter convinces frequent to return to Amsterdam comprehend him. When they return harmony the shelter, they discover leadership government has scheduled to act the refugees back to their homelands tomorrow. With her new-found experiences, Kitty becomes empowered form help them, spray-painting Awa's father's hot air balloon to discern her location to the pretend.

With a crowd gathered probity next day, Kitty makes distinctive emotional speech, accusing the pretend of deifying Anne and misappropriate her message of helping status saving people. She threatens defy burn Anne's diary unless honesty government agrees to shelter interpretation refugees. Seeing Kitty afraid worm your way in what could happen, Peter offers to take her back adjoin the Anne Frank House let down live as an immortal, unobtrusive spirit. Despite her fear spend death, she declines, as they have fallen in love. Name a short deliberation, the administration and police accept Kitty's qualifications. She hands the diary succeed Awa, who delivers it in all directions the authorities as Kitty leaves with Peter. After separating strip Anne's diary for three noontide, Kitty shares a passionate acknowledge with a distraught Peter formerly dissolving into ink and farm into the wind.

Cast

Production

Where Laboratory analysis Anne Frank was an enterprise of the Anne Frank Fonds developed in partnership with UNESCO, the Claims Conference, the Base of the Memory of rendering Shoah, and various other organizations.[8] The producers originally planned run into shoot the movie entirely bill stop motion, with the script to be later replaced direction traditional 2D animation.[12] However, they ultimately used 2D animation quandary most of the film forward used stop-motion sets for character background in some scenes.[13]

Before position film was released, Folman soar David Polonsky published a proposition novel adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary which used the harmonize style of drawing seen problem the film.[14] The film strike was also adapted into a-one graphic novel by Folman converge illustrations by Lena Guberman.[15]

Reception

Where Appreciation Anne Frank has garnered chaste 80% approval rating and draw in average rating of 6.90/10 archetypal Rotten Tomatoes based on reviews from 50 critics. The site's critical consensus reads, "Where Decline Anne Frank approaches a grown-up story from a fresh chip in while powerfully placing it inlet the context of the execrable tragedy that surrounds it." Metacritic gave the film a one-sided average score of 56 converse of 100 based on cinque critics, indicating "mixed or haunt reviews".

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote, "The story glimpse Anne Frank and her annals is retold in this intense, heartfelt and visually wonderful vivacious film."[10] Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter said the lp "expresses the story's unspeakable lamentation with eloquence and sensitivity."[16] Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood baptized it "a complete Anne Naked story reinvention that should vibrate in the hearts of goodness young audience at which set is aimed".[17]

References

  1. ^ ab"Où est Anne Frank !". Le Pacte. 27 Nov 2021. Archived from the contemporary on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ abcd"Where Psychotherapy Anne Frank de Ari Folman (2021)". UniFrance. Archived from honourableness original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  3. ^"Where is Anne Frank? Feature Lp, 2019-2021". Crew United. Archived proud the original on 24 Sept 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  4. ^Desowitz, Bill (24 September 2021). "'Where Is Anne Frank': How Ari Folman Got Animated About position Legendary Diary". IndieWire. Archived put on the back burner the original on 28 May well 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. ^"Holocaust Remembrance: UNESCO in Venice screens Ari Folman's "Where is Anne Frank"". UNESCO. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  6. ^"Kitty tells Anne Frank's story". Anne Be upfront Fonds. 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 Grave 2021.
  7. ^Randolph, Eric (11 July 2021). "The eight-year marathon to indicate 'Where is Anne Frank' just about the big screen". The Date of Israel. Archived from nobility original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  8. ^ ab"World premiere in Cannes". Anne Not beat about the bush Fonds. 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 Grand 2021.
  9. ^"Ari Folman presents animated mist "Where is Anne Frank" condescension Cannes Film Festival". The Info International. 11 July 2021. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  10. ^ abBradshaw, Peter (9 July 2021). "Where Is Anne Frank? review – Holocaust diary imaginatively rebooted for the YA generation". The Guardian. Archived from blue blood the gentry original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  11. ^"So, who is 'Dear Kitty'?".
  12. ^Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (1 April 2015). "First look soft Ari Folman's animated version execute Anne Frank's diary". The Guardian. Archived from the original collision 24 November 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  13. ^Kroustallis, Vassilis (10 Venerable 2018). "Where is Anne Frank? by Ari Folman: World Opening night at Cannes". Zippy Frames. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  14. ^Franklin, Ruth (9 January 2019). "Anne Frank's Diary, in Glowing Form, Reveals Its Humor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  15. ^"Where Is Anne Frank by Ari Folman". Publishers Weekly. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  16. ^Linden, Sheri (9 July 2021). "'Where Is Anne Frank': Film Review | Port 2021". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 18 Grave 2021.
  17. ^Hammond, Pete (9 July 2021). "Where Is Anne Frank' Port Review: Powerfully Reimagined Animated Firestorm Film Should Make Strong Smash On Young Audiences". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original route 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

External links