Sarah's Key (2010) Elle s'appelait Sarah (original title): In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942. (7.3)
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Writers: Gilles Paquet-Brenner / Serge Joncour (screenplay), Tatiana De Rosnay (novel)
Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance and Niels Arestrup
Languages: English & French (w/ Eng subtitles)
This is a story about looking back at what the French (people + state) did to its own Jewish French citizens during the WWII. No, it isn't just a historical story. It has ripple effects to modern day. The inter-twined stories were so compelling and interesting; and questions that "civil" part of what we like to call this "civilization." Kristin Thomas is superb in acting and so fluid in going back and forth between English and French. A great movie. My Rating: 8.0
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