The Round Up
The Round Up is a 2010 French historical war drama film written and directed by Roselyne Bosch and produced by Alain Goldman. The film stars Mélanie Laurent, Jean Reno, Sylvie Testud and Gad Elmaleh. Based on the true story of a young Jewish boy, the film depicts the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv), the mass arrest of Jews by French police who were accomplices of Nazi Germans in Paris in July 1942.
Plot
During the summer of 1942 France is under German occupation, the Jews are obliged to wear the yellow star; In the Butte Montmartre district, two Jewish families live like the other inhabitants of this district, with the exception that, being Jews, they fear the arrival of the Gestapo. In Paris, opinions are divided, some want to protect the Jews by hiding them while others like the baker prefer to insult them, and belittle them.
Cast
- Adèle Exarchopoulos
- Anne Brochet
- Ariane Séguillon
- Armelle
- Catherine Allégret
- Catherine Hosmalin
- Denis Ménochet
- François Bureloup
- Gad Elmaleh
- Isabelle Gélinas
- Jean-Michel Noirey
- Jean-Pierre Lorit
- Jean Reno
- Marc Rioufol
- Maurice Vaudaux
- Mélanie Laurent
- Nadia Barentin
- Olivier Cywie
- Raphaëlle Agogué
- Rebecca Marder
- Roland Copé
- Swann Arlaud
- Sylvie Testud
- Thierry Frémont
More details
| author | Roselyne Bosch |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Roselyne Bosch |
| editor | Plantin Alice |
| events | The Holocaust Vel' d'Hiv Roundup World War II |
| genre | drama historical |
| keywords | arrest bad food best friend colleague end family father fatigue firefighter france german occupation hernia hide jew little brother morning mother neighbor neighbourhood raid silence walk |
| musicBy | Christian Henson |
| producer | Alain Goldman |
| publisher | Gaumont Wide Pictures |
| theme | psychological |