Josep

20201h 14min

February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing Franco's dictatorship, the French government's solution consists in confining the Spanish refugees in concentration camps where they have no other choice than to build their own shelters, feed off the horses which have carried them out of their country, and die by the hundred for lack of hygiene and water... In one of these camps, two men, separated by barbwire, will become friends. One is a guard the other is Josep Bartoli (Barcelona 1910 - New York 1995), a cartoonist who fights against the Franco regime.

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February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing Franco's dictatorship, the French government's solution consists in confining the Spanish refugees in concentration camps where they have no other choice than to build their own shelters, feed off the horses which have carried them out of their country, and die by the hundred for lack of hygiene and water... In one of these camps, two men, separated by barbwire, will become friends. One is a guard the other is Josep Bartoli (Barcelona 1910 - New York 1995), a cartoonist who fights against the Franco regime.

Released
September 30, 2020
Runtime
1h 14min
Director
Aurel
Genre
AnimationDramaHistory
Language
French
Production
Les Films d'Ici Méditerranée, Les Films d'Ici, La Fabrique, Les Films du poisson rouge, Tchack, Promenons-nous dans les bois, Lunanime, In Efecto, Imagic Telecom, B-Water Animation Studios, France 3 Cinéma, Les Fées Spéciales, Upside Films
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