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Josep

Dir. Aurel
2020 · France, Belgium, Spain · 74 min · Biography, Drama, Historical · N-13

February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing Franco's dictatorship in Spain, the French government confines them to camps. Two men separated by barbed wire will forge a friendship. One is a gendarme, the other an artist. From Barcelona to New York, the true story of Josep Bartolí, anti-Franco fighter and exceptional artist.

Director: Aurel

Screenwriter: Jean-Louis Milesi

Composer: Sílvia Pérez Cruz

Producer: Serge Lalou

Production company: Les Films du Poisson Rouge, Lunanime, Promenons-nous dans les bois, Tchack, Les Fées Spéciales, In Efecto

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