Sarah's Key Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Sep. 2, 2011

Sarah's Key

Release Date: Friday, July 22, 2011 New York / Los Angeles

Kristin Scott Thomas, Niels Arestrup, Gilles Paquet-Brenner

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 51 m

3.5

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Plot

What's the story about?

Sarah's Key is the story of an American journalist living in Paris, Julia Jarmond (Kristen Scott Thomas), whose research for an article about the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942 in France ends up turning her own world upside down. In July 1942, Sarah, a ten-year old girl, is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door-to-door in the middle of the night arresting Jewish families. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard – their secret hiding place – and promises to come back for him as soon as they are released. Nearly seventy years later, Julia stumbles on the terrible secret that the home Sarah's family was forced to leave is about to become her own. As Julia's life becomes entwined with Sarah's heart-breaking story she must tackle the complex issue of how to live with the past and keep moving forward.

Cited as modified plot formulation from weinsteinco.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Sarah's Key.

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Kristin Scott Thomas
Nowhere Boy, The Golden Compass
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Niels Arestrup
Hanna, War Horse

Crew Behind the Film

The Sarah's Key behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Gilles Paquet-Brenner last directed Crooked House and Dark Places. The film's writer Gilles Paquet-Brenner last wrote Dark Places and Walled In.

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Screenwriter: Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Studio: The Weinstein Company
Production Companies: —

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for thematic material including disturbing situations involving the Holocaust
Runtime: 1 hr, 51 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Elle S'Appelait Sarah
Language: English

All Trailers

Official Sarah's Key movie trailers and clips.

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Sarah's Key Theatrical Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the Sarah's Key movie production.

Key Facts

Based on Tatiana de Rosnay's New York Times best seller.

Production Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Sarah's Key was released in New York / Los Angeles on Friday, July 22, 2011. in around 5 theaters There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including Friends with Benefits, Captain America: The First Avenger and Another Earth.

Movie Theaters

2011-07-22 New York / Los Angeles

United States

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