PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Ari Folman, director of the film Where is Anna Frank.
After presenting it at the Festival de Cannes, out of competition, Ari Folman is in Italy to present Where is Anna Frank, his new film rediscovering the story of Frank, seen through the eyes of her imaginary friend, Kitty. The film will be released in Italian cinemas by Lucky Red on September 29th and it uses a fable-like language to address the younger audience and dialogue with the contemporary world.
Where is Anna Frank: Following his internationally-acclaimed animated movie Waltz with Bashir, Golden Globe Award winner & Academy Award® nominated director #AriFolman returns with his new animated family film #WhereIsAnneFrank, an adaptation of Anne Frank’s internationally-loved classic The Diary of a Young Girl. Kitty, the imaginary girl to whom Anne Frank wrote her famous diary, comes to life in the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Her memories reawakened by reading the diary, believing that if she’s alive, Anne must be alive as well, she sets out on a quest to find Anne. We follow Kitty as she travels across Europe and back to Anne Frank’s time, armed with the precious book, in search of her beloved friend…
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