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The Round Up
Why this pick
Like Sarah's Key, this is a French civilian perspective on the Vel' d'Hiv roundup, told with an intimate focus on families and children under institutional cruelty.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2010 1h 51m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1942, 10-year-old Sarah Starzynski (Mélusine Mayance) hides her younger brother from French police by locking him in a secret closet and telling him to stay there until she returns. She takes the key with her when she and her parents are transported to the Vélodrome d'Hiver, where they are held in inhuman conditions by the Paris Police and French Secret Service.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Niels Arestrup
Jules Dufaure
Mélusine Mayance
Sarah Starzynski
Aidan Quinn
William Rainsferd
Joseph Rezwin
Joshua
Kristin Scott Thomas
Julia Jarmond
Frédéric Pierrot
Bertrand Tezac
Michel Duchaussoy
Edouard Tezac
Arben Bajraktaraj
M. Starzynski