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A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 72.1 / 100
2010·Drama / War·1h 51m

SARAH'S KEY

“Uncover the mystery.”

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.

Above the Line
Gilles Paquet-Brenner·DirectorSerge Joncour·ScreenplayGilles Paquet-Brenner·ScreenplayPascal Ridao·Director of PhotographyMax Richter·Original Music ComposerHervé Schneid·Editor
Cast
Kristin Scott Thomas·Julia JarmondMélusine Mayance·Sarah Starzynski, childNiels Arestrup·Jules DufaureFrédéric Pierrot·Bertrand TezacMichel Duchaussoy·Edouard TezacDominique Frot·Genneviève DufaureNatasha Mashkevich·Rywka StarzynskiGisèle Casadesus·Mamé TezacAidan Quinn·William RainsferdSarah Ber·Rachel
Full Crew
(19 credits)
Directing· 1
Gilles Paquet-Brenner·Director
Writing· 3
Serge Joncour·ScreenplayGilles Paquet-Brenner·ScreenplayTatiana De Rosnay·Novel
Camera· 1
Pascal Ridao·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Hervé Schneid·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Max Richter·Original Music ComposerBruno Seznec·Sound Supervisor
Art & Design· 6
Françoise Dupertuis·Production DesignEric Perron·Costume DesignSylvie Duval·Key Makeup ArtistGill Robillard·Key Makeup ArtistSarah Cuno·Assistant Costume DesignerEmmanuelle Hoessly·Assistant Property Master
Production· 4
Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela·ProducerStéphane Marsil·ProducerGwendale Schmitz·CastingLina Todd·Casting
Other Departments· 1
Corinne Devaux·Choreographer
By the Numbers
72.1
OF 100
Master Score
7.5
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$18M
ROI 75%
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

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Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Somber, Hopeful, Mysterious
Composition
Layered
Era
2000s
Visual Style
Photographic

“The poster features a woman's head and shoulders against a bright blue sky with white clouds, looking upwards and to the right. Below her, a young girl with blo”

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Key Elements
Photo AlbumOld KeyStar Of David Badge
Atmosphere
Bright, Golden
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Rural
Design Score
7/10
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