Sarah’s Key (2011)

Original title Elle s'appelait Sarah

Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Based on Tatiana de Rosnay's best-selling novel, "Sarah's Key", tells the story of an American journalist on the brink of making big life decisions. What starts off as research for an article about the Vel'd'Hiv Roundup in 1942 in France ends up as a journey towards self-discovery as she stumbles upon a terrible secret and discovers the heartbreaking story of a Jewish family forced out of their home, a home that is now her own. As she starts to see, live, and breathe through Sarah, the eldest daughter, her world is turned upside down. Can one put aside shadows from the past? - Tokyo International Film Festival 2011