Japan / Oct 26, 2010 / Tokyo International Film Festival
Uncover the mystery.
1h 51min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Gisèle Casadesus | Mamé Tezac |
| Aidan Quinn | William Rainsferd |
| Sarah Ber | Rachel |
| Arben Bajraktaraj | Wladyslaw Starzynski |
| James Gerard | Mike Bambers |
| Joseph Rezwin | Joshua |
| Kate Moran | Alexandra |
| Paul Mercier | Michel Starzynski |
| Alexandre Le Provost | Plainclothes policeman |
| Serpentine Teyssier | Mrs Royer |
| Simon Eine | Franck Levy |
| Julie Fournier | Anna |
| Paige Barr | Ornella Harris |
| Joanna Merlin | Mrs. Rainsferd |
| George Birt | Richard Rainsferd |
| Vinciane Millereau | Nathalie Dufaure |
| Sylviane Fraval | Colette |
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| Dan Herzberg | Jacques |
| Nancy Tate | Alice |
| Frédérick Guillaud | Richard Rainsferd, young |
| Maurice Lustyk | Man with violin |
| Charlotte Poutrel | Sarah Starzynski, adult |
| Maxim Driesen | Edouard Tezac, child |
| Xavier Beja | André Tezac |
| Jacqueline Noëlle | Old woman |
| Jean-Pierre Hutinet | Village doctor |
| Jonathan Kerr | Camp police officer |
| Matthias Kress | German officer at farm |
| Franck Beckmann | German officer in train |
| Nicolas Seconda | Gendarme Vel d'Hiv |
| François d'Aubigny | Gendarme Vel d'Hiv |
| Stéphane Charond | Camp gendarme |
| José Fumanal | Camp gendarme |
| Gilles Louzon | Camp gendarme |
| Pierre Nahori | Policeman in train |
| Yasmine Ghazarian | Camp woman |
| Naëva Lissonnet | Little girl in camp |
| Céline Caussimon | Nurse Vel d'Hiv |
| Claudine Acs | Hysterical woman Vel d'Hiv |
| Viktoria Li | Clinical nurse |
| Loïc Risser | Male nurse |
| Franck Chilly | Stretcher-bearer |
| Marco Florio | Italian waiter |
| Alice St. Clair | Mozart Cafe Waitress |
| Stéphanie Gesnel | Young woman at the window |
| Gérard Couchet | Old man at the window |
| Mark Fairchild | Bob Rainsferd |
| Melinda Wade | Young blonde American woman |
| Kiley Liddell | Sarah Starzynski, baby |
| Brooke Liddell | Sarah Starzynski, baby |
| Sophie Bacry Picciotto | (voice) |
| Christian Vurpillot | (voice) |
| Robert Rotsztein | (voice) |
| Tatiana De Rosnay | Client in restaurant (uncredited) |
| Ludovic Louis | Trumpet player (uncredited) |
| Eric Moreau | Gendarme (uncredited) |
| Anoushka Rava | Italian woman (uncredited) |
| Jacques Chirac | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Genres
DramaWar
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Elle s'appelait Sarah |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch, Italiano, Français, English |
| Production countries | France |
| Status | Released |
| 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 |
| Official site | sarahskey.com.au |
| Release date | 16 settembre 2010 |
| Production | Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela, Stéphane Marsil |
| Writer | Tatiana De Rosnay, Serge Joncour, Gilles Paquet-Brenner |
| Casting | Gwendale Schmitz, Lina Todd |
| Editing | Hervé Schneid |
| Cinematography | Pascal Ridao |
| Assistant directors | Gilles Paquet-Brenner |
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| Camera operators | Pascal Ridao |
| Additional photography | Pascal Ridao |
| Production design | Françoise Dupertuis, Emmanuelle Hoessly |
| Art direction | Françoise Dupertuis, Emmanuelle Hoessly |
| Set decoration | Françoise Dupertuis, Emmanuelle Hoessly |
| Music | Max Richter, Bruno Seznec |
| Sound | Bruno Seznec, Max Richter |
| Costume design | Eric Perron, Sylvie Duval, Gill Robillard, Sarah Cuno |
| Makeup | Sylvie Duval, Gill Robillard, Eric Perron, Sarah Cuno |
| Hairstyling | Sylvie Duval, Gill Robillard, Eric Perron, Sarah Cuno |
| Budget | 10.000.000 € |
| Revenue | 17.511.906 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Sweden / Feb 04, 2011 / Göteborg International Film Festival
Germany / Oct 03, 2011 / Hamburg Film Festival
Brazil / Oct 06, 2011 / Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Theatrical release
Canada / Sep 16, 2010
Belgium / Oct 13, 2010
France / Oct 13, 2010 / TP
Netherlands / Oct 28, 2010 / 12
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Switzerland / Nov 03, 2010 / 12
Australia / Dec 23, 2010
Spain / Dec 29, 2010
Sweden / Feb 25, 2011
Serbia / Mar 03, 2011
Denmark / Mar 24, 2011
Norway / Apr 01, 2011 / 12 / Age Limit: 11
New Zealand / Apr 14, 2011
Finland / May 13, 2011
United States / Jul 22, 2011 / PG-13
United Kingdom / Aug 05, 2011
South Korea / Aug 11, 2011 / 12
Israel / Aug 25, 2011
Mexico / Oct 28, 2011
Brazil / Nov 18, 2011 / 12
Hong Kong / Dec 08, 2011
Germany / Dec 15, 2011 / 12
Japan / Dec 17, 2011
Singapore / Jan 05, 2012
Italy / Jan 13, 2012
Taiwan / May 25, 2012
Physical media
France / May 17, 2011 / DVD
Portugal / Sep 27, 2013 / DVD
Netherlands / Nov 05, 2013 / 12 / DVD
TV
Netherlands / May 04, 2013 / 12 / Nederland 1
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