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Sarah's Key

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2010 | 111 min | Drama, War

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for history buffs. If you loved Devotion, start here.
The mood
Intense.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 51 min.
What might put you off
  • Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
  • It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsSolid

    72% on Rotten Tomatoes, 59 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesSolid

    7.3 out of 10

  • AwardsWeak

    0 wins and 1 nomination from smaller awards and festivals

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $18 million worldwide on a $10 million budget

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 132K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner

  • Kristin Scott ThomasJulia Jarmond
  • Mélusine MayanceSarah Starzynski, child
  • Niels ArestrupJules Dufaure
  • Frédéric PierrotBertrand Tezac
  • Michel DuchaussoyEdouard Tezac
  • Dominique FrotGenneviève Dufaure
  • Natasha MashkevichRywka Starzynski
  • Gisèle CasadesusMamé Tezac
  • Aidan QuinnWilliam Rainsferd
  • Sarah BerRachel