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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, Belgium and France.[4]

Charlotte
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Directed by	Éric Warin Tahir Rana
Written by	Erik Rutherford David Bezmozgis
Story by	Erik Rutherford
Based on	Life? or Theatre? by Charlotte Salomon[1]
Produced by	Julia Rosenberg Jérôme Dopffer Eric Goossens Anton Roebbens
Starring	Keira Knightley Brenda Blethyn Jim Broadbent Sam Claflin Henry Czerny Eddie Marsan Helen McCrory Sophie Okonedo Mark Strong
Edited by	Roderick Deogrades Sam Patterson
Music by	Michelino Bisceglia
Production companies	January Films[2] Sons of Manual[2] Les Productions Balthazar[2] Walking the Dog[2]
Distributed by	Elevation Pictures (Canada) Nour Films (France) The Searchers (Belgium)
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	Canada[2] Belgium[2] France[2]
Language	English
Budget	US$14 million[3]

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 in France on 9 November 2022.

Plot

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

Cast

• Keira Knightley as Charlotte Salomon
• Brenda Blethyn as Grossmama
• Jim Broadbent as Grosspapa
• Sam Claflin as Alexander Nagler
• Henry Czerny as Dr. Moridius/Policeman #2/Security Guard
• Eddie Marsan as Albert Salomon
• Helen McCrory as Paula Salomon-Lindberg
• Sophie Okonedo as Ottile Moore
• Mark Strong as Alfred Wolfsohn
• Pippa Bennett-Warner as Barbara
• Raoul Bhaneja as Professor Koch/Brown Shirt Leader/Looter #1/SS Soldier #1
• Julian Richings as Dr. Kurt Singer/Policeman #1/SS Soldier #2
• Tony Nappo as Mr. Brahvi/Vatican Guard

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 years by Erik Rutherford and David Bezmozgis.[3] The Charlotte Salomon Foundation had script approvals.[3]

An international co-production between Canada,[2] Belgium,[2] and France,[2][7][8][9][10] the film was produced by Canada's January Films and Sons of Manual,[2] in co-production with Belgium's Walking the Dog,[2] and France's Les Productions Balthazar,[2] 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, and Flanders Audiovisual Fund.[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, Xavier Dolan, and Nancy Grant 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] Cotillard had previously worked with executive producers Xavier Dolan and Nancy Grant in the film It's Only the End of the World (2016).[12] Cotillard told French magazine L'Obs that she had never heard of Charlotte Salomon until Grant approached her for this project.[12] Grant gave Cotillard a book of Salomon's paintings and she felt moved by the artist's work.[12]

Release

It had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2021.[13] 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.[14]

The film had a limited theatrical release in Canada on 22 April 2022 by Elevation Pictures.[15][16] It will be released in France on 9 November 2022 by Nour Films.[16][17]

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."[18] On Metacritic, the film received a score of 58 out of 100, based on 13 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[19]

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.[20]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipient(s)	Result
2021	23rd Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival	Schoumann Award - International Competition	Éric Warin & Tahir Rana	Nominated[21]
	40th Vancouver International Film Festival	M/A/D (Music/Art/Design) Audience Award	Éric Warin & Tahir Rana	Won[22]
2022	46th Annecy International Animation Film Festival	Best Feature Film	Éric Warin & Tahir Rana	Nominated[23]
	12th Canadian Cinema Editors Awards	Best Editing in Animation	Roderick Deogrades & Sam Patterson	Won[24]
	10th Canadian Screen Awards	Adapted Screenplay	David Bezmozgis & Erik Rutherford	Nominated[25]
	Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards	Feature Film	David Bezmozgis & Erik Rutherford	Nominated[26]

References

External links

• Charlotte at IMDb
• Charlotte at Library and Archives Canada

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