Josep

Aurel

2020

A tribute to the Republican exiles in France through the perspective and experiences of the Catalan artist Josep Bartolí

Animation cinema
Biopic
Historical memory

Inundated with the floods of Spanish Republicans fleeing the Franco dictatorship in February 1939, the French government finds no other solution than to send the refugees to concentration camps. Run-down places where the horses that have transported them outside their country are their only food and where the lack of hygiene and water takes many of them to their death. But in these appalling conditions, two men separated by barbed wire will become friends. One is a gendarme; the other, Josep Bartolí, an anti-Franco fighter and artist. An animated film selected for Cannes 2020.

Cinema

Artistic team

Direction: Aurel
Author: Jean-Louis Milesi
Original music: Sílvia Pérez Cruz
Lead performers: Sergi López, Bruno Solo, David Marsais, Gérard Hernandez, Valérie Lemercier, Thomas Vdb, Sílvia Pérez Cruz, François Morel, Alain Cauchi and Sophia Aram
Production: Serge Lalou – Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée
Coproduction: Jordi B. Oliva – Imagic Telecom & France 3 Cinéma
Executive production: Catherine Estèves – Les Films du Poisson Rouge
Co-production of the animation studios: Les Films du Poisson Rouge, Lunanime, Promenons-nous dans les bois and Tchack, In Efecto and Les Fées Spéciales
Associated production: Guilhem Pratz, Juan-Carlos Concha Riveros, Johan de Faria, Sébastien Deurdilly (Upside Films) and Les Films d’Ici
With the institutional collaboration of: Région Occitanie, Mémorial du Camp de Rivesaltes, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine i Département de la Charente, Région Grand-Est, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, PROCIREP, ANGOA, SACEM, SOFICA Palatine Étoile 16, Tax Shelter (Gobierno belga), Belga Production and Luminvest
With the support of: La Revue Dessinée