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| My Name is Sara | |
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| Directed by | Steven Oritt |
| Written by | David Himmelstein |
| Produced by | Steven Oritt Justyna Pawlak |
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| Cinematography | Marian Prokop [pl] |
| Edited by | Agnieszka Glinska |
| Music by | Łukasz Targosz |
| Production companies | James Lucy Productions Media Luna New Films Watchout Studio |
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| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Polish Russian German |
My Name is Sara (also known as The Occupation) is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed by Steven Oritt, starring Zuzanna Surowy, Eryk Lubos [pl] and Michalina Olszańska. It is based on the life of Holocaust survivor Sara Góralnik.
Cast
- Zuzanna Surowy as Sara
- Eryk Lubos [pl] as Pavlo
- Michalina Olszańska as Nadya
- Ksawery Szlenkier [pl] as Avram
- Aleksandra Pisula [pl] as Tsivia
- Iwona Bielska [pl] as Vira Ivanenko
- Paweł Królikowski [pl] as Ivan
- Konrad Cichon as Moishe
- Piotr Nerlewski [pl] as Grisha
- Artur Sokolski as Danylo
- Marcin Sokolski as Stepan
- Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska [pl] as Pavlo's mother
- Stanislaw Cywka as Boris
- Izabela Dąbrowska as Marina
- Lech Dyblik [pl] as Fedir Ivanenko
- Radosław Kaim as German Soldier
- Wiesław Komasa [pl] as Father Oleksa
- Maciej Mikołajczyk [pl] as SS Officer
- Bartosz Porczyk [pl] as Captain
- Ryszard Ronczewski as Pavlo's Father
Release
The film premiered at the Giffoni Film Festival on 21 July 2019.
Reception
Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com rated the film 3.5 stars out of 4 and called it a "torment in cinematic form, made engrossing by its focus on a singular experience, and the performance that anchors it", writing that Surowy "has that gift of letting the surroundings and events absorb and reflect her."
Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "has its share of physically and emotionally tough moments", and called Surowy's performance "gripping, deeply textured and sympathetic".
Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times called the film "intermittently powerful if somewhat stiff-jointed" and wrote that it can be "clunkily expository" and "frustratingly vague."
References
- "The Occupation, Feature Film, 2017-2019 | Crew United". crew-united.com. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- Finos, Arianna (13 July 2022). "'My name is Sara', la storia di una tredicenne ebrea parla ai ragazzi di oggi". la Repubblica. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- Seitz, Matt Zoller (13 July 2019). "My Name is Sara". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- Goldstein, Gary (20 July 2022). "Review: The terror of the Holocaust resonates in the survival drama 'My Name Is Sara'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- Kenigsberg, Ben (13 July 2022). "'My Name Is Sara' Review: Keeping Secrets in Close Quarters". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 December 2022.