Sarah's Key

OT: Elle s'appelait Sarah

Gilles Paquet-Brenner // France, 2011
Fiction Feature // FF2011
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Story

An American journalist’s research for an article about the Vel’d’Hiv Roundup in 1942 in France ends up as a journey towards self-discovery as she stumbles upon a terrible secret and discovers the heartbreaking story of a Jewish family forced out of their home, a home that is now her own. As she starts to see, live, and breathe through Sarah, the eldest daughter, her world is turned upside down. Can one put aside shadows from the past ?

Director

Gilles Paquet-Brenner (*1974) is a French director and screenwriter His first awarded feature was Pretty things (2001) and was shown at the Hamburg Filmfest that year. Sarah's Key is his fifth film.

Trailer

Info

Original title: Elle s'appelait Sarah

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: French

Section: Voilà!//FF2011

Production country: France

Produced: 2011

Runtime: 111 min

Language and subtitles: OV

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Screenplay: Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Serge Joncour (nach einer Vorlage Tatiana de Rosnay)

Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Aidan Quinn

Producer: Stéphane Marsil

DoP: Pascal Ridao

Editor: Hervé Schneid

Music: Max Richter

Production design: Françoise Dupertuis

German Distributor: Camino Filmverleih GmbH

Production Company: Hugo Productions; Studio 37; TF1 Droits Audiovisuels; France 2 Cinéma

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