The movie succeeds in generating only mild outrage, tempered by impeccable tastefulness and the safe distance of time.
The Round Up(La Rafle)
France, Germany, Hungary · 2010
1h 55m
Director Roselyne Bosch
Starring Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh, Raphaëlle Agogué
Genre Drama, History, War
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A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
A well-meaning but inexpertly dramatized account of the roundup of 13,000 Parisian Jews in the summer of 1942.
Turning one of the darkest moments in modern French history into syrupy historical drama, writer-director Rose Bosch's The Round Up is a polished, pathos-driven re-creation of the Vichy regime's mass imprisonment and disposal of 13,000 Parisian Jews in summer 1942.
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
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.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It's a straightforward, heartfelt drama, well acted and well produced.
Portland Oregonian by Stan Hall
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.
A big, sorrowful, dramatically trite period epic about a bleak chapter in the history of modern France.
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