SARAH'S KEY
synopsis
In present-day Paris Julia Jarmond, an American journalist who has been living in France for 20 years, is investigating the harrowing episode of Vél’ d’Hiv. As she retraces events, her path crosses that of Sarah, a little girl who was ten years old in July 1942. For Julia, what was originally just the subject of an article then becomes a personal issue, revealing a family mystery.
| international title: | Sarah's Key |
| original title: | Elle s’appelait Sarah |
| country: | France |
| sales agent: | Kinology |
| year: | 2010 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Gilles Paquet-Brenner |
| release date: | BE 13/10/2011, FR 13/10/2010, NL 28/10/2011, ES 29/12/2011, DK 24/03/2011, NO 01/04/2011, FI 13/05/2011, UK 05/08/2011, DE 15/12/2011, IT 13/01/2012, AT 09/03/2012 |
| screenplay: | Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Serge Joncour |
| cast: | Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Frédéric Pierrot, Michel Duchaussoy, Dominique Frot, Gisèle Casadesus, Aidan Quinn, Arben Bajraktaraj |
| cinematography by: | Pascal Ridao |
| film editing: | Hervé Schneid |
| art director: | Françoise Dupertuis |
| costumes designer: | Eric Perron |
| music: | Max Richter |
| producer: | Stéphane Marsil |
| production: | Hugo Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Studio 37, TF1 Studio Production |
| backing: | Canal +, TPS Star, Ile-de-France, Sofica A Plus Image |
| distributor: | UGC Distribution, Lucky Red, Benelux film Distributors Netherlands (BFD), Emon, StudioCanal, Camino Filmverleih, Polyfilm Verleih |
