Charlotte, Life or Theatre ?
By Richard Dindo
The film is based on the work of Charlotte Salomon, a young Jewish painter from Berlin who took refuge in Nice during the war. In almost 800 gouaches, she tells the story of her childhood, her love for a singin instructor, her dreams of painting, the advent of Nazism and her exile in France. Life or Theater?, her moving and singular masterpiece which is unique in the history of art, has been transposed into a film b careful editing to highlight its dramatic potential.