Elle s'appelait Sarah (Gilles Paquet-Brenner, 2010)

Sarah's Key tells the story of Jewish families rounded up for deportation in the Paris of 1942, focusing on one particular family in which the daughter locks up her brother in a cupboard as the police arrive, seeking to protect him. It makes use of the modern-day framing device with a journalist feverishly investigating what actually transpired at the time, a technique which may reflect much of how the facts are actually brought to light about a period many would still sweep under the carpet and which does contextualise the atrocities committed, but is also getting stale through overutilisation. Also, while Kristin Scott Thomas as the crusading lead is an actress of some finesse, one can't help suspecting making her character American and thereby cutting down on the need for subtitling for the English market is a commercial decision. Still, you can't fault its intentions.

6/10