Sarah's Key - Blu Ray Review
Sarah's Key
Rating: M
Released by Madman
Based on Tatiana de Rosnay's best selling novel, Scott Thomas stars
as American journalist Julia Jarmond.
She begins to look into the Vel'd'Hiv Roundup in 1942 in France as
part of a magazine article but discovers that she shares a key
connection to what happened in the past to a Jewish family and
their little girl called Sarah.
As she digs further into the past, and vivid flashbacks bring to
light what happened, Jarmond finds that the present and future can
definitely be influenced by what has already happened.
Kristin Scott Thomas has done little recently cinematically to
impress after Leaving and Love Crime; so it's great to report that
she's back on form in this exquisitely layered and powerful
drama.
The film starts with two children bouncing and giggling in a bed in
1942; but with a dreaded knock at the door, everything
changes.
This film is arrestingly good and packs a mighty wallop as the
pieces begin to fit together; the story from 1942 is horrifically
well realised, and conjures up a time we hope never to see
again.
It's a strong sense of direction that delicately weaves together
these two tales, stretched 67 years apart as they are - and thanks
to the sensitive acting of Scott Thomas, you'll be left an
emotional heap at the end.
Extras: Making of and trailer - same there was no historical
piece
Rating: 7/10
