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Uncover the mystery. - Sarah's Key
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Title: Sarah's Key

Release Date: 16 Sep 2010

Runtime: 1h 51m

Genre: Drama, War

Director: A Plus Image, Hugo Productions, Studio 37, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, France 2 Cinéma, TPS Star, La Région Île-de-France, Canal+, France Télévisions

Production Companies: A Plus Image, Hugo Productions, Studio 37, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, France 2 Cinéma, TPS Star, La Région Île-de-France, Canal+, France Télévisions

Overview: On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the history of France. She starts digging archives and through Sarah's file discovers a well kept secret about her own in-laws.

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Average Vote: 7.29 (681 votes)

Cast

  • Julia Jarmond: Kristin Scott Thomas
  • Sarah Starzynski, child: Mélusine Mayance
  • Jules Dufaure: Niels Arestrup
  • Bertrand Tezac: Frédéric Pierrot
  • Edouard Tezac: Michel Duchaussoy
  • Genneviève Dufaure: Dominique Frot
  • Rywka Starzynski: Natasha Mashkevich
  • Mamé Tezac: Gisèle Casadesus
  • William Rainsferd: Aidan Quinn
  • Rachel: Sarah Ber
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