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French cartoonist Aurel's feature-length directorial debut, Josep, tells the story of Josep Bartol (1910 1995), a Catalan illustrator and painter who was interned in France after the Spanish Civil War. Running a little 75 minutes, the animated movie covers his years in France till the Nazi occupation and his escape to Mexico, in addition to his relationship with Frida Kahlo; it also tells the story of Serge, a gendarme who became friends with Bartol, and whose life in the present day offers the film with its framing device.

Frequently, the only fluid animation will be lips syncing to the discussion: it's as if we're poring over someone's art work of their memories, while they're recounting them to us, and true enough, there are many cuts to moments represented as Bartol's sketches on lined paper. The jerky movement, and the varying outlines, may show offputting for many audiences, however it compounds the sense of discomfort, and the sensation that life in a prisoner-of-war camp is suppressing everyone's spirits.

Memories are the theme with today day Serge, whose subplot involves him recollecting with his young grand son, Valentin, a graffiti artist who notifications his collection of Bartol sketches after being left with the old man for a day. These series are fully animated, and between the fluid motion and naturally poignant story of a dying grandfather, become a lot more appealing than Bartol's own story, and ultimately a touching reflection en route art can bridge and form relationships between strangers, across the ever broadening gulf of time.

It feels as much of a critique of France now as it was then: the camps and corruption bring to mind places like the Calais Jungle, and present concerns about racism and violence in the authorities force. By illustrating France, Francoist Spain, and the Axis powers as equally harsh, Aurel asks us to consider what's really altered because the '40s, and whether nations considered liberal might in fact be, in fact, fascist.

Lots of awful things happen to Bartol and those closest to him in France, however they have as much impact as reading a biography on Wikipedia. h无翼鸟漫画 liven up when the film relocates to Mexico, and the frame rate ends up being higher, with characters actually moving rather of transitioning to the next shot, however by that point, we're already 15 minutes towards completion.