Salida Film Festival: CHARLOTTE

220 West Sackett Avenue,Salida CO 81201

13 May, 2022

Description

An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon living in the south of France between 1941 and 1943. An animated drama that tells the true story of Charlotte Salomon (voiced by Keira Knightly), a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Later, while living the in the south of France, her work is interrupted, this time by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret. Believing that only the extraordinary will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story. Film tickets available for pick-up at the SteamPlant Box Office beginning Monday, May 9 and up until the start of this screening.