Growing up in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War, Charlotte is fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, but her dreams of becoming an artist are disrupted when anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs. She escapes to the safety of the South of France, but her work there is interrupted by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret. Believing that only an extraordinary act will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story.
Eric Warin and Tahir Rana teamed up for the first time to direct “Charlotte” (2021) after falling in love with the story of the artist. Warin previously directed the animated feature “Leap” (2016) and was a character designer/assistant animator on the Academy Award-nominated “The Triplets of Belleville” (2003). This is Rana’s feature film debut after several short films and being on the creative team for the animated television shows, “Arthur” and “The Looney Tunes.”
