Sarah's Key
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| Directed by | Gilles Paquet-Brenner |
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| Based on | Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay |
| Produced by | Stéphane Marsil |
| Starring | Kristin Scott Thomas |
| Cinematography | Pascal Ridao |
| Edited by | Hervé Schneid |
| Music by | Max Richter |
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| Distributed by | UGC Distribution |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | French English |
| Budget | $8.6 million |
| Box office | $24.8 million |
Sarah's Key (French: Elle s'appelait Sarah) is a 2010 French drama film directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. The film is an adaptation of the 2006 novel by Tatiana de Rosnay.
The film alternates between a young girl Sarah (Mélusine Mayance) in 1942 and journalist Julia (Kristin Scott Thomas) in 2009 who is researching Sarah's story. It tells the story of Sarah's experiences during and after the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of Jews in German-occupied Paris in 1942 and the participation of bureaucracy in Vichy France and French citizens hiding and protecting Sarah from the French authorities.