Josep

Josep

2020
1h 11min

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
    30 September 2020
    Runtime
    1h 11min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    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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