“Sarah’s Key” Trailer

Those of you that have read “Sarah’s Key” by Tatiana de Rosnay will be quite happy to hear that the trailer for the movie has been finalised

If you haven’t read the book yet (shame on you), here is a quick description taken from Amazon:

Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family’s apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.
Paris, May 2002: On Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France’s past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl’s ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d’Hiv’, to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah’s past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.
Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode.

Even though the book is available in English (not too sure if Tatiana originally wrote it in English or if it was translated unlike her previous novels that were written in French, this is the first novel she has written in English – thanx for the info Kristin) the movie is still in French. The movie’s official title is “Elle s’appelait Sarah” which directly translated means – Her Name Was Sarah. Yes, the two names differ quite a lot but at least they are both apt names Now just hoping the movie has English subtitles (sure it will though). The film is premiering in France on 13 October 2010.

I have update the video below with one that contains English subtitles

Here is a different trailer

Bonus: some photos from the movie can be found here or here

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