If you loved The Illusionist, try Josep
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Josep has roughly 5.5× fewer votes than The Illusionist — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Illusionist, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Josep is
Schindler's List meets Persepolis. A cartoonist befriends a guard in a 1939 French concentration camp. Josep Bartoli's story delivers a poignant historical era.
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