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- 2012
- Not Rated
- Menemsha Films
- 1 h 55 m
- 2012
- Not Rated
- Menemsha Films
- 1 h 55 m
Summary A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
Directed By: Rose Bosch
Written By: Rose Bosch
- 2012
- Not Rated
- Menemsha Films
- 1 h 55 m
- 2012
- Not Rated
- Menemsha Films
- 1 h 55 m
La Rafle (The Round Up)
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7.0
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Summary A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
Directed By: Rose Bosch
Written By: Rose Bosch
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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27% Positive
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73% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
49
27% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
73% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
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Stumbles out of the gate with a pacing that suggests a stern history lesson, despite warm performances from the cast and a polished look.
Sentimentality may make the movie's agony more digestible, but its darkness resists any glossing over of what isn't only France's, but Europe's painful legacy.
It's a straightforward, heartfelt drama, well acted and well produced.
There are two halves to La Rafle. The successful one involves the personal tribulations of the families and other souls who were jammed into a Paris velodrome for days under intolerable conditions.
It is a paint-by-numbers Holocaust movie, scrupulously balanced, always cautious, occasionally clichéd, often sentimental.
Treading on a shameful piece of French history, Bosch bizarrely intercuts scenes of Hitler, Himmler, and Hess working out the logistics of the exportations, in vignettes that smack of "Inglourious Basterds" farce, but otherwise, she's got a steady grip on the tear-jerking, if that's your awards-season cocktail.
A bankable cast, a hint of controversy and high production values may play in their favor commercially, but Bosch and her producer-husband Ilan Goldman have come dangerously close to making a feel-good movie about the Holocaust.
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Production Company
Légende Films,
Gaumont,
Légende des Siècles,
TF1 Films Production,
France 3 Cinéma,
SMTS,
KS2 Cinéma,
Alva Films,
EOS Entertainment,
Eurofilm Stúdió,
Canal+,
CinéCinéma,
TF1,
France Télévisions,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA),
La Région Île-de-France,
Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah,
Ale Kino+
Release Date Oct 5, 2012
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Paris, 16 juillet 1942, 4 heures du matin... (Paris, 16 July 1942, 4 AM...)
Awards
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
