Anne Frank, la mia migliore amica

This film tells an honest story about two best friends during the Second World War in the Netherlands. The film is told through the eyes of Hannah, Anne Frank's best friend. You see two teenagers who try to hold their own under sometimes difficult circumstances. It is a film that does not make us forget what happens when one group oppresses another. An absolute must see.

In her world-wide famous diary ,Anne Frank adressed to an imaginary friend she called Kitty ; in real life ,she had a true friend Hannah; the film depicts the deeply moving story of their friendship, which ,in spite of Anne's death ,survived ;"she's still my best friend " says Hannah,still alive in 2022 at 93.

Alternating scenes in occupied Netherlands and in the concentration camp ,the movie is never boring,as an user wrote .Although they came from well-to-do families ,chiefly Anne, they suffered the same humiliations as their coreligionists : the infamous yellow star (which was not the Nazi's invention:in the thirteenth century ,French king Louis IX aka Saint louis forced the Jews to wear the "rouelle "(a badge with a small wheel on it) ,the places forbidden to the Jews, the brutality and the contempt of the German soldiers ("it stinks over here") , the Jews were hardly allowed to breathe ;someone wrote that the movie was too nice : the way the Nazi officer treats the pregnant woman,nice? The propaganda movies telling the Dutch they were betrayed by their allies and deprived of their dairy products ? The soldiers forcing their way into the houses ,at any time of day or night?

And still, in this nightmarish world,hope against hope did survive ;Anna would dream of Hollywood , she would be famous ;A Florence Nightingale 's admirer ,Hannah wanted to be a nurse. In the end, both had their vow..

Anne Frank meant as much as her own family to Hannah ;when the former disappeared , she did believe that her friend had fled to Switzerland where she was skiing .This makes their brief reunion all the more poignant .Meeting your dearest friend in hell ,is there something worse?

Both actresses give restrained moving performance :Aiko Beemsterboer 's ressemblance between her and her character are striking ,much more than Millie Perkins' in George Stevens' version (1959)The rapport she has with her co-star Josephine Arendsen gives the movie its outstanding emotional strength.

An interesting portrayal of Anne Franks best friend Hannah Goslar and their relationship as teenage girls growing up in Nazi occupied Amsterdam.

I thought they portrayed Anne is a slightly annoying brat who at one point emotionally tormented Hannah by ignoring her.

However I thought the idea of showing Hannah's story was a powerful and fresh point of view to what million of Jews horribly endured during World War Two.

Not a classic but still a very sad story.

The movie was really good..... for what I could understand. I wish at the very least the subtitles were on and correct. Three were moments when there wasn't voice over or subtitles so guessing by body language you may figure it out. If you want to reach a wider audience I suggest at the very least have subtitles. Kind of frustrating.

Told from the perspective of Anne Frank's closest companion, Hannah Goslar (who is still alive at 93), this fictionalized movie jumps back and forth between their idyllic life in Amsterdam and what inevitably happened to them after the Nazis took them away. Of course, the latter scenes are necessarily harsh and provide the heartbreaking moments you fully expect from the outset. The problem is that Anne comes across as capricious in the pre-camp scenes while Hannah remains stoic and devoted. Director Ben Sombogaart's simplistic approach seems at odds with the touching story despite affecting performances from the two leads, Josephine Arendsen as Hannah and Aiko Beemsterboer, who bears a striking resemblance to the real Anne Frank.