Elle s'appelait Sarah – Sarah's Key – CATCH IT (French) (B+) The Sarah's Key is a one of a kind Holocaust story about a young girl in Paris. On July 1942: Sarah, a ten-year old girl, is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door-to-door arresting Jewish families in the middle of the night. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard "their secret hiding place" and promises to come back for him. From their Sarah's heart wrenching journey start to go back and rescue her locked brother. Sarah's story unfolds in today's time when a journalist plans to move into her in-laws apartment which was taken by the French during World War II. The heart of Sarah's Key has to be the young talented actress "Mélusine Mayance", her portrayal as Sarah, the girl who mistakenly locks her young brother thinking he will be safe is truly heart wrenching. The scene when she finally meets her brother is heart wrenching. Kirsten Scott Thomas as the journalist unfolding the truth has done a fantastic job. I must applaud the director who shot the Holocaust era scenes beautifully. Sarah's Key is a beautiful movie though when Kirsten finds Sarah's grandson I thought it'll led to the publication of her remarkable story and about what she went through all those years mentally and physically but it turned into Kirsten's character finding herself. Which was little weird for me. Overall, Sarah's Key is highly effective and especially the 1914S scenes made this movie memorable.
