“I thought there were too many adaptations and she was too iconic. “I actually didn’t want to do it at all,” Folman said. In flashbacks, the Nazis are portrayed as robot-like ghouls wearing death masks, patrolling the streets of Amsterdam with neither hate nor pity for the people they hunt and victimize - a reference to how Anne herself never met a Nazi prior to her capture and wrote about how she had trouble visualizing them. Kitty’s journey through 2021 Amsterdam and a meticulously detailed Anne Frank House is paired with allusions to Greek mythology and the Roman Empire, both of which fascinated Anne.
Kitty also begins dating a boy who pickpockets tourists at the Anne Frank House and later becomes a pro-immigration activist.Īs he did with “Bashir,” Folman blends spectacular fantasy sequences with a factually grounded narrative. “Or name bridges and schools and theaters and train stations after her.” “Anne did not write this diary so that you can worship her,” she tells Dutch police in a climactic scene, following an incident in which she heckles a stage production of the diary. If this objective is achieved, then it’s a success.”Ī fiery redhead with rosy cheekbones, Kitty is not just a silent observer - she speaks her mind, loudly, about the creeping commercialization of her best friend as a brand. “Frankly, that’s mostly how I look at the film. “The main goal of the film is to help young audiences today connect with Anne Frank’s story the way that previous generations connected with the diary,” Yves Kugelmann, a member of the Fonds board and a key producer of the film, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. In the new animated film “Where Is Anne Frank,” which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Anne’s imaginary friend Kitty comes to life and has a chilling adventure in modern-day Amsterdam. But it also enters surprising political territory, as Kitty comes to understand Europe’s modern-day immigration crisis and begins to consciously relate the continent’s millions of asylum seekers to Anne’s story. Made in partnership with the Anne Frank Fonds, the Swiss nonprofit founded by Anne’s father, Otto, that holds the copyright to her diary, the film is aimed at younger audiences. Now Folman has tackled what many consider the sacred text of the Holocaust - rewriting Anne Frank in order to interpret her true lasting legacy. The 2021 film was made by acclaimed Israeli director Ari Folman, best known for his 2008 Oscar-nominated animated documentary hybrid “Waltz With Bashir,” about the lasting memories of Israel’s first Lebanon War.
This is the bold reimagining of Anne Frank’s story found in the new animated film “Where is Anne Frank,” which will be included in the 2022 St. Eventually she takes it upon herself to reclaim Anne’s legacy, by any means necessary. Magically resurrected from the page and transported into modern-day Europe, Kitty is appalled by how society has fetishized her best friend Anne, hawking cheap merchandise and endless inaccurate reinterpretations of her words. And the girl on the bed isn’t Anne, but Kitty - the imaginary friend to whom she addressed her now world-famous diary. But these people are not Nazis they’re modern-day tourists. A disoriented teenage girl lies on Anne Frank’s bed as people swarm the family house.
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