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Charlotte
Film poster
Directed by
  • Éric Warin
  • Tahir Rana
Written by
Story by
Based onLife? or Theatre?
by Charlotte Salomon[1]
Produced by
  • Julia Rosenberg
  • Jérôme Dopffer
  • Eric Goossens
  • Anton Roebbens
Starring
Edited by
  • Roderick Deogrades
  • Sam Patterson
Music byMichelino Bisceglia
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 13 September 2021 (2021-09-13) (TIFF)
  • 22 April 2022 (2022-04-22) (Canada)
  • 9 November 2022 (2022-11-09) (France)
Running time
92 minutes[2]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$14 million[3]

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. Charlotte is an international co-production between Canada, France and Belgium.[4]

The film made its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2021. It was released in Canada on 22 April 2022, and it will be released in France on 9 November 2022.

Plot

A young artist, Charlotte Salomon comes to age on the eve of World War II, creating a masterpiece.

Cast

Production

Development

Producer Julia Rosenberg fell in love with Charlotte Salomon as an artist at the age of 13 when she was first given a collection of her work,[3] "Life? or Theatre?".[5] While jogging one morning in 2011, Rosenberg had an idea that if Salomon drew her life story as a painting series, then she had to produce an animated dramatic film. Rosenberg then sent an email to the Charlotte Salomon Foundation, and that's how the project started.[3] In May 2012, Rosenberg officially optioned Salomon's memoir, "Life? or Theatre?".[3]

The film was originally announced in 2016 as a project to be directed by Bibo Bergeron, and written by Erik Rutherford and Miriam Toews.[6] The screenplay was written in four or five by Erik Rutherford and David Bezmozgis.[3] The Charlotte Salomon Foundation had script approvals.[3]

An international co-production between Canada,[2] France[2] and Belgium,[2][7][8][9][10] the film was produced by January Films, Les Productions Balthazar, and Walking the Dog in association with Telefilm Canada, Trinity Media Financing, Umedia, Serendipity Point Films, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Eurimages, Crave, CBC Films, Ontario Creates, Screen Flanders, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, and Sons of Manual.[9]

In July 2021, it was announced that the cast included Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo and Mark Strong, with Marion Cotillard and Romain Duris set to voice a French-language version of the film.[1] Warin and Rana directed from a screenplay by Erik Rutherford and David Bezmozgis, with Knightley, Cotillard, and Xavier Dolan set to executive produce, with Elevation Pictures set to distribute in Canada, Diaphana Distribution in France, and The Searchers in Belgium.[11]

The film's original version is in English.[5] Keira Knightley was recorded before animation. Marion Cotillard (who voiced Charlotte Salomon in the French version) came on afterwards and recorded with the final film.[5]

Release

It had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2021.[12] In December 2021, Good Deed Entertainment acquired North American distribution rights to the film,[9] and set it for a 22 April 2022 limited release in the United States.[13]

The film had a limited theatrical release in Canada on 22 April 2022 by Elevation Pictures.[14][15] It will be released in France on 9 November 2022 by Nour Films.[15][16]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 69% approval rating, based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's consensus reads, "While it lacks the spark of its subject's remarkable work, Charlotte offers a worthy introduction to a remarkable -- albeit tragic -- real-life story."[17] On Metacritic, the film received a score of 58 out of 100, based on 13 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[18]

In December 2021, the film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the best Canadian films of 2021.[19]

Awards

At the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival, it won the Audience Award for most popular film in the Music/Art/Design (M/A/D) program.[20]

Rutherford and Bezmozgis received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards,[21] and a Writers Guild of Canada nomination for Best Feature at the 26th WGC Screenwriting Awards.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (21 July 2021). "Keira Knightley To Lead Voice Cast Of Animated Drama 'Charlotte'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Charlotte de Eric Warin, Tahir Rana (2021)". UniFrance. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022. Technical details > Coproducer countries : Canada (56.11%), Belgium (22.06%), France (21.83%)
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Animated co-pro Charlotte draws on history for Second World War drama". Playback. 16 September 2021. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. ^ Linden, Sheri (27 September 2021). "'Charlotte': Film Review | TIFF 2021". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Titze, Anne-Katrin (16 April 2022). "Life? Or Theater? | Julia Rosenberg on the creation of Charlotte and the artist Charlotte Salomon".
  6. ^ Amid Amidi, "Bibo Bergeron Set To Direct Charlotte Salomon Biopic" Archived 28 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Cartoon Brew, June 14, 2016.
  7. ^ "Charlotte". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. ^ Punter, Jennie (12 September 2021). "'Charlotte' Uses Animation to Document the Life of Artist Murdered at Auschwitz". Variety. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b c D'Alessandro, Anthony (15 December 2021). "Good Deed Entertainment Picks Up U.S. Rights For Keira Knightley Animated Movie 'Charlotte'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Charlotte - Cineuropa". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  11. ^ Yuma, Jennifer (21 July 2021). "Keira Knightley to Voice Toronto-Premiering Animated Drama 'Charlotte'". Variety. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  12. ^ Hammond, Pete (23 June 2021). "Melissa McCarthy, Kenneth Branagh, Edgar Wright Movies Among First Set For Toronto Film Festival; In-Person Theater And Digital Screenings Planned". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  13. ^ Billington, Alex (22 March 2022). "Animated Film 'Charlotte' Trailer About Painter Charlotte Salomon". First Showing. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  14. ^ Bresge, Adina (22 April 2022). "Canadian film 'Charlotte' animates a Jewish painter's Holocaust-era life in art". Toronto Star.
  15. ^ a b "Charlotte, Feature Film, 2017-2021". Crew United. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Charlotte". Nour Films (in French). Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Charlotte". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Charlotte". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  19. ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's Top Ten films of 2021" Archived 6 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2021.
  20. ^ Steve Newton, "Vancouver International Film Fest announces award winners" Archived 13 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine. The Georgia Straight, October 13, 2021.
  21. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack" Archived 8 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine. ET Canada, February 15, 2022
  22. ^ Ilana Zackon, "Sort Of leads WGC Screenwriting Awards nominations" Archived 30 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Playback, March 4, 2022.
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