The latest film by Ari Folman, the creator of the Oscar-nominated anti-war Waltz with Bashir, is an equally hot pacifist manifesto and an appeal to our hearts for solidarity with the persecuted. The visually captivating animation "Where is Anne Frank" was created to combine: imagination with facts, traditional techniques with new technologies, past with future, and above all - generations. Made on the basis of the comic book by Folman and David Polonsky, also published in Poland, the film will delight children, parents and every fan of wise animation. It is an extremely up-to-date story about the fact that everyone deserves respect and has the right to a dignified life and a safe home. In the Polish language version, the characters are lent their voices by outstanding actors: Maja Ostaszewska and Maciej Stuhr. The starting point for Ari Folman's animation is, of course, The Diary of Anne Frank, one of the most important testimonies of the Holocaust. Anne, a 13-year-old Jewish girl hiding in Amsterdam, addressed her notes to her invisible friend Kitty. In Folman's film, Kitty leaves the pages of the book to find Anne in Amsterdam from the near future. And he discovers that although every second hospital, bridge or school is named after the author of war memoirs, the city is still full of prejudices and people who have to hide. On her remarkable journey through the city's alleys and the history of the Frank family, Kitty meets Peter, a boy helping refugees. They share a common mission - to resurrect the spirit of Anne Frank and awaken consciences. Ari Folman, the son of a Polish Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust, returns to the subject of memory and trauma in his latest film. "Where's Anne Frank" is an animation that is "passionate, poignant, visually stunning" - as the Guardian critic described it - and perfectly timed. Its final shape and message were influenced by the refugee crisis of 2015, which dispelled the illusion that war, flight and exclusion are experiences forever locked in museums and in history textbooks. It is a deeply humanistic film calling for help for the weaker, tolerance and solidarity with every person in need.
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