The duo shine leading the cast of Martin Bourboulon’s new film, produced by Vvz Production and sold by Pathé, which follows in the trail blazed by the Eiffel Tower’s inventor. The first clapperboard slammed on 13 August for Eiffel, Martin Bourboulon’s third feature film after Daddy or Mommy (2.8 million admission in France in 2015) and Divorce French Style (Daddy or Mommy 2) (1.36 million viewers by the end of 2016). Standing tall among the cast are Romain Duris and the French-British rising star Emma Mackey (discovered in the series Sex Education and soon to be seen in the Irish film The Winter Lake).Written by the director, alongside Caroline Bongrand, Tatiana de Rosnay...
Martin Bourboulon, whose credits include divorce comedy-dramas Mummy Or Daddy and Divorce French Style, will direct.
Emma Mackey, the breakout star of Netflix’s hit show Sex Education, will make her French-language debut opposite Romain Duris in Pathé’s upcoming €22m ($20m) production Eiffel, revolving around the untold love story behind the creation of the Eiffel Tower.
The project is currently in pre-production for an August 2019 shoot. Pathé International kicks off sales at Cannes with Pathé retaining French and Swiss rights.
Mackey will play Adrienne Bourgès, a mysterious, high-born woman linked to celebrated engineer Gustave Eiffel’s past.
Sex Education...
Emma Mackey, the breakout star of Netflix’s hit show Sex Education, will make her French-language debut opposite Romain Duris in Pathé’s upcoming €22m ($20m) production Eiffel, revolving around the untold love story behind the creation of the Eiffel Tower.
The project is currently in pre-production for an August 2019 shoot. Pathé International kicks off sales at Cannes with Pathé retaining French and Swiss rights.
Mackey will play Adrienne Bourgès, a mysterious, high-born woman linked to celebrated engineer Gustave Eiffel’s past.
Sex Education...
- 5/14/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Moka (directed by Frédéric Mermoud, 2016, France/Switzerland, 89 min.) screens Friday September 22nd through Sunday September 24th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). The movie starts each evening at 7:30pm.
To find the driver of the vintage mocha-colored Mercedes, which she thinks hit her son and devastated her life, Diane Kramer (Emmanuelle Devos) embarks on a trip to take revenge. She goes to Évian, where she has learned the driver of the Mercedes lives, but she now has to face another woman, Marlene (Nathalie Baye) – a beauty salon proprietor and owner of the car. In order to get closer to her, Diane pretends to be a potential buyer for the car, but the path of revenge is more tortuous and complicated than it seems. Adapted from Tatiana de Rosnay’s 2006 novel, Moka is a moody, riveting psychological thriller, showcasing the tremendous talents of two of France’s best actresses.
To find the driver of the vintage mocha-colored Mercedes, which she thinks hit her son and devastated her life, Diane Kramer (Emmanuelle Devos) embarks on a trip to take revenge. She goes to Évian, where she has learned the driver of the Mercedes lives, but she now has to face another woman, Marlene (Nathalie Baye) – a beauty salon proprietor and owner of the car. In order to get closer to her, Diane pretends to be a potential buyer for the car, but the path of revenge is more tortuous and complicated than it seems. Adapted from Tatiana de Rosnay’s 2006 novel, Moka is a moody, riveting psychological thriller, showcasing the tremendous talents of two of France’s best actresses.
- 9/22/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Emmanuelle Devos joins Alice Winocour, Charlotte Le Bon, and Berenice Béjo on Michel Hazanavicius's Deauville Festival of American Cinema jury Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Emmanuelle Devos has had a special relationship with Arnaud Desplechin from her first film, La Vie Des Morts, with him as writer/director, on to La Sentinelle (a CinéSalon tribute to Caroline Champetier), My Sex Life... Or How I Got Into An Argument, Esther Kahn, Kings & Queen (Rois & Reine), and A Christmas Tale (Un Conte De Noël).
I met with Emmanuelle Devos at the French Institute Alliance Française (CinéSalon's Enigmatic Emmanuelle Devos) in New York for a conversation on Frédéric Mermoud's Moka, based on the novel by Tatiana de Rosnay in which she stars opposite Nathalie Baye with David Clavel, Olivier Chantreau, Diane Rouxel, and Samuel Labarthe.
Emmanuelle Devos on her first director Arnaud Desplechin: "Our relationship is really so intimate, so special …" Photo:...
Emmanuelle Devos has had a special relationship with Arnaud Desplechin from her first film, La Vie Des Morts, with him as writer/director, on to La Sentinelle (a CinéSalon tribute to Caroline Champetier), My Sex Life... Or How I Got Into An Argument, Esther Kahn, Kings & Queen (Rois & Reine), and A Christmas Tale (Un Conte De Noël).
I met with Emmanuelle Devos at the French Institute Alliance Française (CinéSalon's Enigmatic Emmanuelle Devos) in New York for a conversation on Frédéric Mermoud's Moka, based on the novel by Tatiana de Rosnay in which she stars opposite Nathalie Baye with David Clavel, Olivier Chantreau, Diane Rouxel, and Samuel Labarthe.
Emmanuelle Devos on her first director Arnaud Desplechin: "Our relationship is really so intimate, so special …" Photo:...
- 9/5/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Hand that Robs the Cradle: Mermoud Utilizes Devos for Sweet Vengeance
Revenge is a dish best served cold and a little neurotic, at least as presented by Frederic Mermoud in his sophomore effort, Moka, an adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay’s novel (author of the source material for the 2010 Kristin Scott Thomas melodrama Sarah’s Key).
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Revenge is a dish best served cold and a little neurotic, at least as presented by Frederic Mermoud in his sophomore effort, Moka, an adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay’s novel (author of the source material for the 2010 Kristin Scott Thomas melodrama Sarah’s Key).
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- 6/14/2017
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Emmanuelle Devos on Frédéric Mermoud's Moka based on the novel by Tatiana de Rosnay: "The landscape does have an effect on your acting." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Moka star Emmanuelle Devos at the start of our conversation at the French Institute Alliance Française, mentioned seeing Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon in Lillian Hellman's Little Foxes and Laurie Metcalf and Chris Cooper in Lucas Hnath's A Doll's House, Part 2 on Broadway. She has a long history with her first director, Arnaud Desplechin (My Sex Life... Or How I Got Into An Argument, Esther Kahn, A Christmas Tale, Kings & Queen), who also directed her son Raphaël Cohen in My Golden Days. Desplechin and Mathieu Amalric regular Grégoire Hetzel is Moka's co-composer. Emmanuelle and I had spoken at the Tribeca Film Festival with Jérôme Bonnell for his Le Temps De L'Aventure (Just A Sigh).
Marlène (Nathalie Baye) with Diane (Emmanuelle Devos...
Moka star Emmanuelle Devos at the start of our conversation at the French Institute Alliance Française, mentioned seeing Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon in Lillian Hellman's Little Foxes and Laurie Metcalf and Chris Cooper in Lucas Hnath's A Doll's House, Part 2 on Broadway. She has a long history with her first director, Arnaud Desplechin (My Sex Life... Or How I Got Into An Argument, Esther Kahn, A Christmas Tale, Kings & Queen), who also directed her son Raphaël Cohen in My Golden Days. Desplechin and Mathieu Amalric regular Grégoire Hetzel is Moka's co-composer. Emmanuelle and I had spoken at the Tribeca Film Festival with Jérôme Bonnell for his Le Temps De L'Aventure (Just A Sigh).
Marlène (Nathalie Baye) with Diane (Emmanuelle Devos...
- 6/13/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Swiss director Frédéric Mermoud is no stranger to helming tense visions, as his bold directing work on episodes of the hit series “Les Revenants (The Returned)” changed the scope of French drama. His new feature, “Moka,” ditches the supernatural elements but still keep things dark and dangerous.
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Adapted from Tatiana de Rosnay’s 2006 novel of the same name, “Moka” follows Diane (Emmanuelle Devos) as she embarks on a revenge journey to find the driver of the vintage brown Mercedes which she believes hit her son and derailed the entire course of her life.
After learning the car’s driver lives in Évian, she wastes no time getting there, but unexpectedly finds herself having to face another woman, Marlene (Nathalie Baye), a beauty salon proprietor and the owner of the car.
Read More: ‘Happy End’ First Look: Michael Haneke Could Win His Third Palme d’Or With Help From Isabelle Huppert
Adapted from Tatiana de Rosnay’s 2006 novel of the same name, “Moka” follows Diane (Emmanuelle Devos) as she embarks on a revenge journey to find the driver of the vintage brown Mercedes which she believes hit her son and derailed the entire course of her life.
After learning the car’s driver lives in Évian, she wastes no time getting there, but unexpectedly finds herself having to face another woman, Marlene (Nathalie Baye), a beauty salon proprietor and the owner of the car.
- 5/5/2017
- by Allison Picurro
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Frédéric Mermoud’s latest stars Emmanuelle Devos.
Film Movement has picked up North American rights to Frédéric Mermoud’s French psychological thriller Moka starring Emmanuelle Devos.
Moka centres on a grieving woman who pursues a couple whom she suspects killed her son in a hit-and-run accident.
Her investigation leads her to the car’s owner, a beauty salon proprietor played by Nathalie Baye, and becomes more tortuous than she could have imagined.
The story is based on a 2006 novel by Tatiana de Rosnay and premiered in Locarno last year.
Film Movement plans an exclusive engagement at New York City’s Film Forum in June followed by digital and home video release.
Company president Michael Rosenberg, in Berlin scouring for acquisitions, negotiated the deal with Agathe Valentin of Pyramide International.
Film Movement has picked up North American rights to Frédéric Mermoud’s French psychological thriller Moka starring Emmanuelle Devos.
Moka centres on a grieving woman who pursues a couple whom she suspects killed her son in a hit-and-run accident.
Her investigation leads her to the car’s owner, a beauty salon proprietor played by Nathalie Baye, and becomes more tortuous than she could have imagined.
The story is based on a 2006 novel by Tatiana de Rosnay and premiered in Locarno last year.
Film Movement plans an exclusive engagement at New York City’s Film Forum in June followed by digital and home video release.
Company president Michael Rosenberg, in Berlin scouring for acquisitions, negotiated the deal with Agathe Valentin of Pyramide International.
- 2/11/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
"A Swiss mother who’s lost her son in a car accident decides to track down the Frenchwoman responsible for his death in Frédéric Mermoud's Moka, a lean but skillful adaptation of the eponymous novel by Anglo-French writer Tatiana de Rosnay," begins Boyd van Hoeij in the Hollywood Reporter. "Emmanuelle Devos stars as the mourning mother-on-a-mission, while co-star Nathalie Baye plays the owner of the car—whose coffee-like color gives the film its title—that was involved in the hit-and-run accident. This is the kind of psychological thriller that could’ve been written by Patricia Highsmith several decades ago as it contrasts obsession and revenge with a slow uncovering of the psyche of the two female leads." Along with the trailer, we're collecting reviews. » - David Hudson...
- 8/5/2016
- Keyframe
"A Swiss mother who’s lost her son in a car accident decides to track down the Frenchwoman responsible for his death in Frédéric Mermoud's Moka, a lean but skillful adaptation of the eponymous novel by Anglo-French writer Tatiana de Rosnay," begins Boyd van Hoeij in the Hollywood Reporter. "Emmanuelle Devos stars as the mourning mother-on-a-mission, while co-star Nathalie Baye plays the owner of the car—whose coffee-like color gives the film its title—that was involved in the hit-and-run accident. This is the kind of psychological thriller that could’ve been written by Patricia Highsmith several decades ago as it contrasts obsession and revenge with a slow uncovering of the psyche of the two female leads." Along with the trailer, we're collecting reviews. » - David Hudson...
- 8/5/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
Grim Girl: Pacquet-Brenner’s Adaptation Brandishes Relentlessly Contrived Twists
“I have a meanness in me,” warns the omniscient narrator of Dark Places, as voiced by a steely Charlize Theron portraying an adult in perpetual arrested development thanks to devastating tragedy from her youth she’s been milking ever since as a means of livelihood and escape. Unfortunately, the film is unable to correctly capture the complexities of such a characterization and it’s exactly these types of sterling nuggets from Gillian Flynn’s source novel which fall with graceless thuds throughout Gilles Pacquet-Brenner’s adaptation of Dark Places.
The sort of thriller which could be euphemistically referred to as ‘labyrinthine,’ this cinematic re-tooling bears certain similarities to Pacquet-Brenner’s last high profile film, the adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay’s celebrated novel Sarah’s Key (2010), a mystery tinged tragedy drained of its potency for a celluloid brassiere specializing in the...
“I have a meanness in me,” warns the omniscient narrator of Dark Places, as voiced by a steely Charlize Theron portraying an adult in perpetual arrested development thanks to devastating tragedy from her youth she’s been milking ever since as a means of livelihood and escape. Unfortunately, the film is unable to correctly capture the complexities of such a characterization and it’s exactly these types of sterling nuggets from Gillian Flynn’s source novel which fall with graceless thuds throughout Gilles Pacquet-Brenner’s adaptation of Dark Places.
The sort of thriller which could be euphemistically referred to as ‘labyrinthine,’ this cinematic re-tooling bears certain similarities to Pacquet-Brenner’s last high profile film, the adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay’s celebrated novel Sarah’s Key (2010), a mystery tinged tragedy drained of its potency for a celluloid brassiere specializing in the...
- 8/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Tt: Closer to the Edge; Sarah's Key; A Separation; Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
News that Asif Kapadia's brilliant Formula One documentary Senna has somehow failed to make the shortlist for the best documentary category at the forthcoming Oscars should come as no surprise to anyone au fait with the ludicrous irrelevance of the Academy Awards. These are, after all, the same awards that deemed Werner Herzog's epochal Grizzly Man unworthy of a nomination in the same category a few years ago on the most specious of technicalities. The fact that this foolhardy oversight should have occurred in a year in which the UK has produced not one but two fabulously insightful portraits of the need-for-speed industry somehow makes the error all the more laughable. Let us merely hope that at the Baftas there is due recognition both for Senna and its nail-biting motorcycling counterpart, Tt: Closer to the Edge (2011, Entertainment One,...
News that Asif Kapadia's brilliant Formula One documentary Senna has somehow failed to make the shortlist for the best documentary category at the forthcoming Oscars should come as no surprise to anyone au fait with the ludicrous irrelevance of the Academy Awards. These are, after all, the same awards that deemed Werner Herzog's epochal Grizzly Man unworthy of a nomination in the same category a few years ago on the most specious of technicalities. The fact that this foolhardy oversight should have occurred in a year in which the UK has produced not one but two fabulously insightful portraits of the need-for-speed industry somehow makes the error all the more laughable. Let us merely hope that at the Baftas there is due recognition both for Senna and its nail-biting motorcycling counterpart, Tt: Closer to the Edge (2011, Entertainment One,...
- 11/27/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Release Date: Nov. 22, 2011
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: Anchor Bay
Kristin Scott Thomas stars in Sarah's Key.
Based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s bestselling novel,
the 2010 mystery-drama war film Sarah’s Key stars Oscar nominee Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient) and features a co-starring turn by Aidan Quinn (Handsome Harry).
The movie tells the story of Julia Jarmond (Thomas), an American journalist living in Paris with her French husband Bertrand (Frédéric Pierrot), who is assigned to cover the anniversary of France’s notorious 1942 Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup of Jews in World War II. Jarmond is stunned to discover that Bertrand’s family apartment was the scene of an unspeakable incident committed during the war and that his family has been concealing a disturbing secret. But there’s a young French girl, Sarah (Mélusine Mayance), who holds the key to unlock the devastating truth.
Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Walled In) and acclaimed by the critics,...
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: Anchor Bay
Kristin Scott Thomas stars in Sarah's Key.
Based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s bestselling novel,
the 2010 mystery-drama war film Sarah’s Key stars Oscar nominee Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient) and features a co-starring turn by Aidan Quinn (Handsome Harry).
The movie tells the story of Julia Jarmond (Thomas), an American journalist living in Paris with her French husband Bertrand (Frédéric Pierrot), who is assigned to cover the anniversary of France’s notorious 1942 Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup of Jews in World War II. Jarmond is stunned to discover that Bertrand’s family apartment was the scene of an unspeakable incident committed during the war and that his family has been concealing a disturbing secret. But there’s a young French girl, Sarah (Mélusine Mayance), who holds the key to unlock the devastating truth.
Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Walled In) and acclaimed by the critics,...
- 10/5/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
This week on Film Weekly: Jason Solomons meets Dominic Cooper, star of The Devil's Double, which sees him play against himself. Lee Tamahori's thriller is loosely based on the real story of Iraqi Dr Latif Yahia al-Salihi, who was coerced into being the body double of Saddam Hussein's eldest son, the erratic and violent Uday Hussain.
Cooper, who is best known for his roles in fluffier fare (Mamma Mia, Tamara Drewe) tells Jason how he played both upright Latif and crazed Uday and explains how Tamahori created the illusion of the two characters on a small budget.
French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner enters the pod to talk about his adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay's novel Elle s'appelait Sarah (Sarah's Key). The film involves a Paris-based American journalist, Julia Jaramond (Kirsten Scott-Thomas) who gradually uncovers the tragic history of the former residents of an apartment she's purchased.
Also, Xan...
Cooper, who is best known for his roles in fluffier fare (Mamma Mia, Tamara Drewe) tells Jason how he played both upright Latif and crazed Uday and explains how Tamahori created the illusion of the two characters on a small budget.
French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner enters the pod to talk about his adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay's novel Elle s'appelait Sarah (Sarah's Key). The film involves a Paris-based American journalist, Julia Jaramond (Kirsten Scott-Thomas) who gradually uncovers the tragic history of the former residents of an apartment she's purchased.
Also, Xan...
- 8/4/2011
- by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Jason Phipps
- The Guardian - Film News
Everett Kristin Scott Thomas in “Sarah’s Key”
In the new film “Sarah’s Key,” Oscar-nominated actress Kristin Scott Thomas plays an American journalist living in France. Transferring effortlessly between French and English, her character investigates the 1942 Vel’ d’Hiv roundup. Based on a novel of the same name by Tatiana de Rosnay, the film is directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner.
Speakeasy talked with Scott Thomas on working off a French script as well as the overlap between her character and her own life.
In the new film “Sarah’s Key,” Oscar-nominated actress Kristin Scott Thomas plays an American journalist living in France. Transferring effortlessly between French and English, her character investigates the 1942 Vel’ d’Hiv roundup. Based on a novel of the same name by Tatiana de Rosnay, the film is directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner.
Speakeasy talked with Scott Thomas on working off a French script as well as the overlap between her character and her own life.
- 7/19/2011
- by Alexandra Cheney
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Clips from Sarah's Key starring Kristin Scott Thomas. The Weinstein Company drama opens on July 22nd and is directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner from the script by Serge Joncour and Paquet-Brenner, based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Tatiana de Rosnay. 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...
- 7/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clips from Sarah's Key starring Kristin Scott Thomas. The Weinstein Company drama opens on July 22nd and is directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner from the script by Serge Joncour and Paquet-Brenner, based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Tatiana de Rosnay. 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...
- 7/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clips from Sarah's Key starring Kristin Scott Thomas. The Weinstein Company drama opens on July 22nd and is directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner from the script by Serge Joncour and Paquet-Brenner, based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Tatiana de Rosnay. 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...
- 7/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
How much did Sarah Palin’s Pac spend on bus decorations? Are search engines changing the way human beings think? And could Google be the new toothbrush? A look at some of the most interesting posts on the Wall Street Journal blogs.
Palin’s Pac: $683 on Bookmarks, $13,708.44 on Bus Wrap: Remember the images of the Liberty Bell and Constitution on the bus former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin used for her “One Nation” tour last month? That bus wrap cost $13,708.44, according...
Palin’s Pac: $683 on Bookmarks, $13,708.44 on Bus Wrap: Remember the images of the Liberty Bell and Constitution on the bus former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin used for her “One Nation” tour last month? That bus wrap cost $13,708.44, according...
- 7/15/2011
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Getty Tatiana de Rosnay and actress Charlotte Poutrel
Tatiana de Rosnay was an established journalist and author of several French novels when she decided, 10 years ago, to write a book in English about the 1942 Vélodrome d’Hiver roundup, in which the French police arrested 10,000 Parisian Jews, including 4,000 children, and detained them for days under horrifying conditions before deporting them to Auschwitz. After struggling for three years to get the book published, “Sarah’s Key” went on to sell 5 million copies in 38 countries.
Tatiana de Rosnay was an established journalist and author of several French novels when she decided, 10 years ago, to write a book in English about the 1942 Vélodrome d’Hiver roundup, in which the French police arrested 10,000 Parisian Jews, including 4,000 children, and detained them for days under horrifying conditions before deporting them to Auschwitz. After struggling for three years to get the book published, “Sarah’s Key” went on to sell 5 million copies in 38 countries.
- 7/15/2011
- by Rachel Dodes
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Every once in a while there is a heartbreaking film that reaches out and grabs you– ‘Sarah’s Key’ is one of those films.
The drama, directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, hits theaters in the U.S on July 22 and HollywoodLife.com attended the NYC premiere hosted by Peggy Siegal, Diane von Furstenberg and Harvey Weinstein to give you an inside look. The story of Sarah’s Key, based on the book by Tatiana de Rosnay, revolves around an American journalist, Julia Jarmond played by Kristin Scott Thomas, who ends up entangled in her research about the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in France, 1942. She uncovers the story of a girl named Sarah with an increasing interest in the girl’s past as it slowly twists into Julia’s future.
Five Reasons To See The Film That Left The Whole Audience In Tears.
1. On this journalist’s hunt for truth, we don...
The drama, directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, hits theaters in the U.S on July 22 and HollywoodLife.com attended the NYC premiere hosted by Peggy Siegal, Diane von Furstenberg and Harvey Weinstein to give you an inside look. The story of Sarah’s Key, based on the book by Tatiana de Rosnay, revolves around an American journalist, Julia Jarmond played by Kristin Scott Thomas, who ends up entangled in her research about the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in France, 1942. She uncovers the story of a girl named Sarah with an increasing interest in the girl’s past as it slowly twists into Julia’s future.
Five Reasons To See The Film That Left The Whole Audience In Tears.
1. On this journalist’s hunt for truth, we don...
- 7/13/2011
- by HL
- HollywoodLife
Niels Arestrup was such a dominating presence in last year's A Prophet that I've been eagerly awaiting what the French acting vet would do next. That film is Sarah's Key, based on Tatiana de Rosnay's novel about a journalist(Kristen Scott Thomas) investigating Vel' d'Hiv Roundup, the mass arrest of over 13,000 Jews in Paris by the Nazis in 1942. Her life becomes entwined with that of Sarah, who...
- 6/24/2011
- by Travis Hopson
- Punch Drunk Critics
See the movie trailer and image from Sarah's Key, starring Kristen Scott Thomas. Gilles Paquet-Brenner directs the incredible-looking drama which is being sent out by The Weinstein Company on July 22nd this year. Also known as Elle s'appelait Sarah, the film includes Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Frédéric Pierrot, Michel Duchaussoy, Dominque Frot, Gisèle Casadesus, Aidan Quinn and Natasha Mashkevich. Sarah's Key comes from a screenplay by Serge Joncour and Paquet-Brenner, based on the New York Times best seller written by Tatiana de Rosnay...
- 6/7/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the movie trailer and image from Sarah's Key, starring Kristen Scott Thomas. Gilles Paquet-Brenner directs the incredible-looking drama which is being sent out by The Weinstein Company on July 22nd this year. Also known as Elle s'appelait Sarah, the film includes Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Frédéric Pierrot, Michel Duchaussoy, Dominque Frot, Gisèle Casadesus, Aidan Quinn and Natasha Mashkevich. Sarah's Key comes from a screenplay by Serge Joncour and Paquet-Brenner, based on the New York Times best seller written by Tatiana de Rosnay...
- 6/7/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the movie trailer and image from Sarah's Key, starring Kristen Scott Thomas. Gilles Paquet-Brenner directs the incredible-looking drama which is being sent out by The Weinstein Company on July 22nd this year. Also known as Elle s'appelait Sarah, the film includes Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Frédéric Pierrot, Michel Duchaussoy, Dominque Frot, Gisèle Casadesus, Aidan Quinn and Natasha Mashkevich. Sarah's Key comes from a screenplay by Serge Joncour and Paquet-Brenner, based on the New York Times best seller written by Tatiana de Rosnay...
- 6/7/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Photo: The Weinstein Co. Quite honestly, I'm a little surprised the Weinstein Co. is releasing Sarah's Key this early in the year as it received nothing but good buzz out of Toronto last year (at least that I heard) and sounds like a perfect candidate for Oscar. I wish I could tell you my actual thoughts on it at this moment, but I unfortunately missed it when I was in Toronto, which simply means once it makes its way to theaters on July 22, I will be sure to be in attendance.
My biggest concern, I guess, is that with such an early release date it may mean Kristin Scott Thomas may again be snubbed for an Oscar nomination, just as she was a few years ago following her work in I've Loved You So Long. I have a feeling my appreciation for her work isn't quite up to par with an Oscar nomination.
My biggest concern, I guess, is that with such an early release date it may mean Kristin Scott Thomas may again be snubbed for an Oscar nomination, just as she was a few years ago following her work in I've Loved You So Long. I have a feeling my appreciation for her work isn't quite up to par with an Oscar nomination.
- 6/3/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Finally hitting U.S. theaters after a worldwide tour, "Sarah's Key" is one of those rare international crowd pleasers (at least according to the critics and a high 7.4/10 recommend on IMDb) that could make some noise this summer on the art house circuit. Debuting at last year's Toronto Film Festival and based on the novel by Tatiana De Rosnay, the dramatic thriller finds Kristin Scott Thomas as Julia, a journalist who begins to investigating a series of events that occurred in her French home during Ww II. Her research brings forth a painful secret to a family trying to put the...
- 5/19/2011
- Hitfix
Kristin Scott Thomas, Sarah's Key Gilles Paquet-Brenner's Elle s'appelait Sarah / Sarah's Key, about a connection between Nazi-occupied France and a couple living in modern-day Paris, will open the 2011 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which runs January 27-February 6. Paquet-Brenner and one of the film's leading players, Kristin Scott Thomas, are expected to be present at the screening. The opening night presentation will take place at the Arlington Theatre on Thursday, January 27. The information below is from the Santa Barbara Film Festival's press release: Based on the international bestselling novel by Tatiana de Rosnay, the film beautifully interweaves two seemingly different stories, illustrating a remarkable connection between the past and present. The first story is that of Sarah Starzynski (Mélusine Mayance), a ten year old Jewish girl living in Paris during World War II. After the Vichy government and Nazi occupiers begin arresting Jews, Sarah attempts to save her family [...]...
- 11/29/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will open on January 27 with the stateside debut of Gilles Pacquet-Brenner's film fest veteran Sarah's Key, starring Kristin Scott Thomas. “From its triumphant unveiling in Toronto to its recent accolades in France and Tokyo, Sarah’S Key has been stunning audiences, and we’re proud to open our 26th edition with it," said Sbiff executive director Roger Durling. Based on the international bestseller by Tatiana de Rosnay, the film weaves two different stories, one set in World War II Paris and the other in the present. Sarah’s Key will open in spring 2011 via Weinstein Company.
- 11/28/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
Sarah's Key
The Weinstein Co. has scored all U.S. rights to Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Sarah's Key" starring Kristin Scott Thomas.
Based on Tatiana de Rosnay's bestselling novel, the story follows an American woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) living in Paris investigating the arrest of Jewish families that took place there in 1942. In the process uncovers a personal connection with a 10-year-old girl (Melusine Mayance) caught up in events.
The French and English-language movie unfolds across parallel story lines. Paquet-Brenner and Serge Joncour adapted the script and a 2011 release is planned.
When We Leave
Olive Films has picked up U.S. rights to German director Feo Aladag's "When We Leave" for an early 2011 release. Sibel Kekilli ("Head-On") stars as an abused wife ostracized by her devout Muslim family.
The distributor also recently picked up the cloning drama "Womb" starring Matt Smith and Eva Green.
Nice Guy Johnny
Myriad Pictures...
The Weinstein Co. has scored all U.S. rights to Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Sarah's Key" starring Kristin Scott Thomas.
Based on Tatiana de Rosnay's bestselling novel, the story follows an American woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) living in Paris investigating the arrest of Jewish families that took place there in 1942. In the process uncovers a personal connection with a 10-year-old girl (Melusine Mayance) caught up in events.
The French and English-language movie unfolds across parallel story lines. Paquet-Brenner and Serge Joncour adapted the script and a 2011 release is planned.
When We Leave
Olive Films has picked up U.S. rights to German director Feo Aladag's "When We Leave" for an early 2011 release. Sibel Kekilli ("Head-On") stars as an abused wife ostracized by her devout Muslim family.
The distributor also recently picked up the cloning drama "Womb" starring Matt Smith and Eva Green.
Nice Guy Johnny
Myriad Pictures...
- 9/12/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Weinstein Co. has swooped in and scooped up all U.S. rights to Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Sarah's Key," starring Kristin Scott Thomas.
The company had been tracking the film since Harvey Weinstein saw a promo reel in Cannes in May, and the actual deal was concluded last week.
But that still allowed TWC to stake a claim for the first buy actually announced at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Based on Tatiana de Rosnay's bestselling novel "Elle s'appelait Sarah," which was adapted by Paquet-Brenner and Serge Joncour, the film follows Scott Thomas, an American living in Paris, as she researches the arrest of Jewish families in Paris in 1942. In the process -- as the French and English-language movie unfolds in parallel story lines -- she discovers she shares a connection with a 10-year-old girl, played by Melusine Mayance, who was caught up in the arrests.
"Harvey really sparked...
The company had been tracking the film since Harvey Weinstein saw a promo reel in Cannes in May, and the actual deal was concluded last week.
But that still allowed TWC to stake a claim for the first buy actually announced at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Based on Tatiana de Rosnay's bestselling novel "Elle s'appelait Sarah," which was adapted by Paquet-Brenner and Serge Joncour, the film follows Scott Thomas, an American living in Paris, as she researches the arrest of Jewish families in Paris in 1942. In the process -- as the French and English-language movie unfolds in parallel story lines -- she discovers she shares a connection with a 10-year-old girl, played by Melusine Mayance, who was caught up in the arrests.
"Harvey really sparked...
- 9/11/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Toronto Film Festival is just getting underway, and already one film has been picked up for Us distribution. Sarah's Key, starring Kristen Scott Thomas, was picked up by The Weinstein Commpany today as the first official buy of the fest. More info on the film after the break, along with good breaks for Barney's Version with Paul Giamatti and Casino Jack with Kevin Spacey. Here's the festival rundown on Sarah's Key, which is directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner from a script by the director and Serge Joncour based on a book by Tatiana De Rosnay. The plot is actually quite intriguing...now, given that TWC bought this one, let's hope we actually see it.[Deadline] It is July, 1942 in Paris, and ten-year-old Sarah Starzynski (Mélusine Mayance) knows something is wrong. There is a panic spreading through the city. The French gendarmes, supposedly under order from the Vichy government and Nazi occupiers,...
- 9/10/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
HollywoodNews.com: It was announced today that The Weinstein Company preemptively bought all U.S. rights to “Sarah’s Key” starring Kristin Scott Thomas and based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Tatiana De Rosnay. Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, “Sarah’s Key” starts in Paris, 1942, where ten-year old Sarah is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door-to-door arresting Jewish families as part of the Vel’d-Hiv Roundup. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard – their secret hiding place – and promises to come back for him, but she and her parents are dragged from their home forever. Sixty-seven years later Sarah?s story intertwines with that of Julia Jarmond (Kristen Scott Thomas), an American journalist investigating the roundup. In her research, Julia stumbles onto a trail of secrets that link her to Sarah, and to questions about her own future.
- 9/10/2010
- by admin
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Weinstein Company wasted no time slamming their wallets on the table at the Toronto International Film Festival. Making the first deal of Tiff, which began just yesterday, the Weinsteins picked up French film Sarah's Key, reports Deadline. Based on the international literary smash by French journalist Tatiana De Rosnay and directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, the film consists of two intertwining storylines: the first takes place in 1942 during the peak years of infamous Jewish concentration camp Auschwitz, while the second tells the story of a 21st century American journalist who discovers her French husband has a horrible connection to the persecuted Jews of WWII. Rosnay's novel was translated into 15 languages and published in 22 countries, managing to strike that perfect balance of juicy historical novel and contemporary perspective that brings literature that rare clout. The film features Kristin Scott Thomas, an actress fluent in both English and French, in the role...
- 9/10/2010
- cinemablend.com
Let the deals begin! At the Toronto International Film Festival, The Weinstein Company has just purchased the U.S. distribution rights for Sarah's Key, a decades-spanning Holocaust drama based on the best-seller by Tatiana De Rosnay. Meanwhile, Ato Pictures announced that they'll be distributing Casino Jack, the George Hickenlooper film starring Kevin Spacey as disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Look for that one to hit theaters in December. [Deadline, McN]...
- 9/10/2010
- Movieline
Exclusive: The Weinstein Company just unlocked the first acquisition of the Toronto International Film Festival. The film is Sarah's Key, and TWC bought all U.S. rights to the film starring Kristin Scott Thomas that's based on The New York Times best-selling book by French journalist and literary critic Tatiana De Rosnay. Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Sarah's Key consists of intertwining past and present stories: one about the 1942 Paris roundups of Jewish families and transports of them to Auschwitz, and the other 60 years later about the journalist who learns that her husband's family took possession of their Parisian apartment from a dispossessed Jewish family and stumbles upon the story of the little girl who locked her brother in a bedroom cabinet to protect him from the Nazis. The novel has been translated into 15 languages and published in 22 countries. Stephane Marcil produced the film which is likely to open theatrically next year.
- 9/10/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
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