With his film version of sarahs key, gilles paquetbrenner hopes he is presenting a side of the occupation rarely discussed in france. Elle sappelait sarah is a 2010 french drama directed and cowritten by gilles paquet brenner. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Author finds catharsis in sarahs key houston chronicle. Julia jarmond kristin scott thomas is an american writer living in paris with her husband, bertrand frederic pierrot, an architect who is restoring a block of apartments in paris owned by. I had seen the movie starring kristin scott thomas, a couple of years ago but wanted to see it again after just finishing the nightingale, by kristin hannah. Jul 17, 2011 with his film version of sarahs key, gilles paquetbrenner hopes he is presenting a side of the occupation rarely discussed in france. Sarahs key unlocks a harrowing, erajumping drama observer. The central event in her story is a roundup of parisian jews in april, 1942 and their incarceration in a sports auditorium before transport to the camps. Elle sappelait sarah and the limits of postwar witnessing and. Sarahs key directed by gilles paquetbrenner available.
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But director gilles paquetbrenner places his narrative focus on the wrong character, weakening the films. The story line is good, which is not easy given the many and varied approaches already taken to the holocaust, and the acting is also good. Sarahs key 2010 film by gilles paquetbrenner librarything. Talks abotu the movie, when did she know the book was a hit, more. Sarahs key deftly alternates between past and present. Kristin scott thomas, melusine mayance, niels arestrup, frederic pierrot, michel duchaussoy, dominique frot, natasha mashkevich, with the participation of gisele casadesus and aidan quinn in the. Sarahs key is a 2010 french drama directed and cowritten by gilles paquetbrenner. Sep 16, 2010 an american journalist in contemporary paris discovers a personal connection to the vichy regimes infamous july 16, 1942 roundup and imprisonment of parisian jews in sarahs key, a. Elle sappelait sarah is a 2010 french drama directed and cowritten by gilles paquetbrenner.