Rotten
Director Rose Bosch's intentions seem genuine, but her dramatizations frequently undermine the horrific real-life events on which they're based.
Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
The Round Up
An incredible real story of courage and survival.
2010 · 1h 55m · NOT RATED
Drama, History, War
Directed by
Roselyne Bosch
Overview
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
Director and cast
- Roselyne Bosch Director
- Jean Reno as Dr. David Sheinbaum
- Mélanie Laurent as Annette Monod
- Gad Elmaleh as Schmuel Weismann
- Raphaëlle Agogué as Sura Weismann
- Sylvie Testud as Bella Zygler
- Hugo Leverdez as Jo Weismann
- Oliver Cywie as Simon Zygler (as Olivier Cywie)
- Mathieu Di Concetto as Noé Zygler
- Romain Di Concetto as Noé Zygler
- Rebecca Marder as Rachel Weismann
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's a mainstream, sentimental drama because it needs to be. It announces in a clear voice that this happened.
Joel Arnold, NPR
Rotten
A well-meaning but inexpertly dramatized account of the roundup of 13,000 Parisian Jews in the summer of 1942.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
The utter hopelessness experienced by European Jewry is never hinted at, and in its way this betrays the Holocaust story.
John Anderson, Newsday
Rotten
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 ...
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
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