Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key

Uncover the mystery.

Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Produced by A Plus Image, Hugo Productions

2010111 min7.3 / 10

A dual-timeline Holocaust drama that interweaves a child's survival trauma with a modern journalist's discovery of buried family secrets, grounded in historical tragedy and moral reckoning.

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.

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  • Is Sarah's Key sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Sarah's Key scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Does Sarah's Key end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

  • Is Sarah's Key violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Sarah's Key easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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58/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity35

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Surprise63

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love80

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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