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The Round Up (2010 film)

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The Round Up (French: La Rafle) 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.[3]

The Round Up
French poster
Directed byRoselyne Bosch
Written byRoselyne Bosch
Produced byAlain Goldman
Starring
CinematographyDavid Ungaro
Edited byPlantin Alice
Music byChristian Henson
Distributed by
Release date
  • 10 March 2010 (2010-03-10)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$21.8 million [1]
Box office$25.6 million [2]

Plot edit

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.

On the night of July 16 to 17, their destiny changed following an agreement between the Nazis and the French authorities on the arrest and deportation of numerous Jews, an agreement which led to the roundup of the Vélodrome d'Hiver. The Butte Montmartre district will not escape it, indeed the family of Joseph Weismann, a Jew, and their neighbors are arrested after having tried by several means to escape. Joseph's father could have escaped this arrest if Joseph had not inadvertently denounced him when his mother had pretended to be a widow to the militiamen.

Following this raid, they are taken to the Vélodrome d'Hiver, where Joseph and Noé, his best friend's little brother, meet a nurse, Annette Monod, who will do her best to help them and the other Jews. In this velodrome, the conditions are precarious and unsanitary: they have no water, they are crowded and they have to relieve themselves where there is space. The meager food they have taken must be shared so that each of them can eat. One early morning when the prisoners are thirsty, the firefighters burst in and open the valves to give the prisoners something to drink. They also agree to “pass on” the letters entrusted to them. Captain Pierret, of the Paris firefighters, even uses his rank (the highest among all the soldiers present at the Vél' d'Hiv': National Gendarmerie and firefighters of Paris) to take command of the Vél' d'Hiv' in order to impose silence on the gendarmes dissatisfied with his attitude and that of his colleagues.

After two days, those rounded up were deported to a transit camp in Beaune-la-Rolande, in Loiret, where the living conditions were unbearable: bad food and in meager quantities, illnesses, not to mention the psychological despair of the deported. Hungry and weakened, the Jews face hunger and thirst. A few days later, the parents and their children are deported to an extermination camp, in Auschwitz, only the little ones have to stay hoping for their return which will not take place. The latter have been torn from their mothers' arms and Annette redoubles her efforts despite her fatigue to take care of them.

Following his mother's last words telling him to flee, Joseph and one of his comrades flee with the complicity of others. Joseph cannot take his best friend with him because he is ill, he has a bad hernia which prevents him from walking. Finally Joseph will survive thanks to his escape as well as Nono who escaped from the train and who was taken in by a couple of people. In 1945, at the end of the war, they both found Annette at the Lutetia, a Parisian hotel where survivors of the camps were welcomed.

Reality edit

The plot features several real people, including Jo Weisman and Anna Traube; in the film her mother and sister are captured, in real life they also escaped to join their father in Limoges. Another real character is Annette Monod. Dr. David Sheinbaum, played by Jean Reno, is a synthesis of more than one doctor.[original research?]

Cast edit

Music edit

Production edit

 
Oliver Cywie [fr] on the set of The Round Up

Roselyne Bosch first decided to make a film of the events surrounding the rafle du Vel' d'Hiv because she felt sympathy with the victims. Her husband's family is Jewish and lived in Montmartre near where the Weismann family lived.[4] Her father had been detained in one of Francisco Franco's internment camps, so she felt a connection with the subject matter. She began extensively researching the events surrounding the round up and discovered survivor Joseph Weismann and Annette Monod whose memories would eventually form the base of the script. Bosch decided to portray only real life characters in the film and cast Gad Elmaleh in the role of Joseph's father, Schmuel Weismann. Initially, Elmaleh was hesitant to accept a serious dramatic role, but after reading the script he agreed to play the role. Actress Mélanie Laurent was cast in the role of the Red Cross worker Annette Monod, whose actions were noble and undisputed, before, during, and after the round up.[5] Bosch's husband Alain Goldman produced the film.

Shooting began in May 2009 and lasted for 13 weeks. 9,000 extras were used and facsimiles of the Vélodrome d'hiver and a concentration camp were reconstructed in Hungary for the film.[6]

Release edit

The French premiere took place on 10 March 2010. The film also opened in Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland on the same day.

Box office edit

The Round Up opened in first place in its opening weekend, ranking ahead of Shutter Island at the French box office.[7] In France, it did three million admissions, topping other films on the Holocaust, such as "The Pianist" and "Schindler's List". It then gathered another 7 million viewers on free TV for its first run, becoming the number one French film of the year and appearing in the TF1 polls as the "favorite" film of the audience that year. The DVD remained three weeks in a row at the top of the box office in 2011.

Home media edit

The DVD of The Round Up was released in France on 7 September 2010. It was released on the American iTunes Store on May 14, 2013.

Critical reception edit

The film received positive reviews from critics.

  • Weekly magazine Nouvel Observateur (François Forestier, « La Rafle » [archive], Nouvelobs.com, 2011) says The Round Up is "a courageous film (...), with an extraordinary emotional quality: it is impossible to remain insensitive watching this shameful story. This film honors the French cinema".
  • Figaroscope (Le Figaro, Top 10 du cinéma, 19 March 2010): 'The director films through the children's eyes ( ... ). Her delicate and meticulous fresco is moving without excess".
  • Journal du Dimanche (Carlos Gomez): "The emotion goes crescendo, without ostentation and steadily, with dignity".
  • Paris Match (Alain Spira): "The stars in the film are the children, in all their overwhelming authenticity. To film this tragedy, Rose Bosch is both at a reasonable distance, but gives to her film incredible intensity".
  • Ouest France: "Impressive, spectacular and gripping." Jean Reno, Sylvie Testud and Melanie Laurent give performances with a sincerity dictated by the subject itself".
  • L'Express (Emmanuelle Cirodde): "Both 'Schindler's List' and 'The Pianist' were describing lonesome characters. Rose Bosch chooses to describe ordinary people, particularly children".

Other media are less enthusiastic, such as:

  • Telerama, addressing the question: "Can horror be described?"
  • On the first French Cinema website, "Allo Ciné" analyzes critics this way: 36% give "5 stars out of 5", 28% allow 4/5 and 7% give no star at all.
  • In the U.S, Variety ([archive], variety.com, 11 March 2010), says "With impeccable production values and all-around stirring performances, pic emphasizes the unbearable emotions caused by "events, even the most extreme, that actually happened, though it often oversimplifies them into a framework of good vs. evil". Following wide local release March 10, this €20 million ($27 million) co-production should round up ample worldwide biz."
  • In England, The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw, 2010) says the film is "A straightforward, heartfelt drama about the occupation of France by Nazi Germany".

Controversy edit

In an interview for the French magazine Les années laser in September 2010, Roselyne Bosch compared people who do not cry at the film to "spoiled children", or cynics who "consider human emotions as an abomination or a weakness", just "like Hitler did". Her remarks were strongly criticized by several French media,[8][9] and by the cinema website Selenie who accused her of "saying one of the silliest thing[s] of the last few years". Roselyne Bosch sued the website for publicly insulting her, but her case was dismissed in April 2013, the Paris Court judging that the critic did not exceed the boundaries of freedom of expression.[10][11]

References edit

  1. ^ JP. "La Rafle (2010)". JPBox-Office. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  2. ^ "The Round up".
  3. ^ Nancy Tartaglione (4 November 2009). "Alain Goldman mounts French Holocaust epic with Gaumont". Screen Weekly. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. ^ Lizzy Davies (9 March 2010). "La Rafle confronts wartime stain on French history". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  5. ^ ""La Rafle", Paris aux heures tragiques du Vel' d'Hiv'" (in French). Ville de Paris. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  6. ^ John Lichfield (8 March 2010). "Film awakens France's shame in the Holocaust". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  7. ^ Paul Martin (26 March 2010). "Interview with Sylvie Testud". Indie Movies Online. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  8. ^ «la rafle» a des vapeurs, Libération, 30 September 2010.
  9. ^ Réfractaires à «la rafle», comparés à Hitler, Arrêt sur images, 30 September 2010.
  10. ^ La réalisatrice de La Rafle échoue à faire taire une critique sur Overblog, Pcinpact.
  11. ^ Arrêt du 4 avril 2013 de la cour d'appel de Paris 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine.

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The Round Up French La Rafle is a 2010 French historical war drama film written and directed by Roselyne Bosch and produced by Alain Goldman The film stars Melanie 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 3 The Round UpFrench posterDirected byRoselyne BoschWritten byRoselyne BoschProduced byAlain GoldmanStarringMelanie LaurentJean RenoSylvie TestudGad ElmalehRaphaelle AgogueCinematographyDavid UngaroEdited byPlantin AliceMusic byChristian HensonDistributed byGaumontWide PicturesRelease date10 March 2010 2010 03 10 Running time115 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBudget 21 8 million 1 Box office 25 6 million 2 Contents 1 Plot 2 Reality 3 Cast 4 Music 5 Production 6 Release 6 1 Box office 6 2 Home media 7 Critical reception 8 Controversy 9 References 10 External linksPlot editDuring 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 On the night of July 16 to 17 their destiny changed following an agreement between the Nazis and the French authorities on the arrest and deportation of numerous Jews an agreement which led to the roundup of the Velodrome d Hiver The Butte Montmartre district will not escape it indeed the family of Joseph Weismann a Jew and their neighbors are arrested after having tried by several means to escape Joseph s father could have escaped this arrest if Joseph had not inadvertently denounced him when his mother had pretended to be a widow to the militiamen Following this raid they are taken to the Velodrome d Hiver where Joseph and Noe his best friend s little brother meet a nurse Annette Monod who will do her best to help them and the other Jews In this velodrome the conditions are precarious and unsanitary they have no water they are crowded and they have to relieve themselves where there is space The meager food they have taken must be shared so that each of them can eat One early morning when the prisoners are thirsty the firefighters burst in and open the valves to give the prisoners something to drink They also agree to pass on the letters entrusted to them Captain Pierret of the Paris firefighters even uses his rank the highest among all the soldiers present at the Vel d Hiv National Gendarmerie and firefighters of Paris to take command of the Vel d Hiv in order to impose silence on the gendarmes dissatisfied with his attitude and that of his colleagues After two days those rounded up were deported to a transit camp in Beaune la Rolande in Loiret where the living conditions were unbearable bad food and in meager quantities illnesses not to mention the psychological despair of the deported Hungry and weakened the Jews face hunger and thirst A few days later the parents and their children are deported to an extermination camp in Auschwitz only the little ones have to stay hoping for their return which will not take place The latter have been torn from their mothers arms and Annette redoubles her efforts despite her fatigue to take care of them Following his mother s last words telling him to flee Joseph and one of his comrades flee with the complicity of others Joseph cannot take his best friend with him because he is ill he has a bad hernia which prevents him from walking Finally Joseph will survive thanks to his escape as well as Nono who escaped from the train and who was taken in by a couple of people In 1945 at the end of the war they both found Annette at the Lutetia a Parisian hotel where survivors of the camps were welcomed Reality editThe plot features several real people including Jo Weisman and Anna Traube in the film her mother and sister are captured in real life they also escaped to join their father in Limoges Another real character is Annette Monod Dr David Sheinbaum played by Jean Reno is a synthesis of more than one doctor original research Cast editMelanie Laurent as Protestant nurse Annette Monod fr d 1995 Gad Elmaleh as Schmuel Weismann Jean Reno as Dr David Sheinbaum Raphaelle Agogue fr as Sura Weismann Rebecca Marder as Rachel Weismann Denis Menochet as Corot Sylvie Testud as Bella Zygler Adele Exarchopoulos as Anna Traube aged 20 Catherine Allegret as the concierge Tati Isabelle Gelinas as Helene Timonier Hugo Leverdez as young Jo Weismann aged 11 the real Joseph Weismann then aged 80 as the old man Oliver Cywie as Simon Zygler Mathieu and Romain Di Concetto as Noe Zygler Anne Brochet as Dina Traube Barnabas Reti as Monsieur Goldstein Thierry Fremont as Capitaine Pierret fire chief Catherine Hosmalin as The baker Anne Benoit as Matthey Jouanis Ivan Fenyo as Grade allemand Muller Armelle as School Nurses s Director Udo Schenk fr as Adolf Hitler Thomas Darchinger as Heinrich Himmler Holger Daemgen as Helmut Knochen Roland Cope as Marshal Philippe Petain Jean Michel Noirey fr as Prime Minister Pierre Laval Frederic Moulin as Laval s deputy Rene Bousquet Patrick Courtois as Emile Hennequin Paris chief of police Christelle Cornil as Jacqueline Swann Arlaud as WeismannMusic edit Clair de lune from Claude Debussy Valse N 17 from Frederic Chopin Paris from Edith Piaf Tombe du ciel from Charles Trenet Insensiblement and Quand un Vicomte from Ray Ventura Tout en flanant from Andre Claveau La Savane from Louis Moreau Gottschalk Concerto de L adieu from Georges Delerue Concerto pour Violon from Philip Glass Production edit nbsp Oliver Cywie fr on the set of The Round Up Roselyne Bosch first decided to make a film of the events surrounding the rafle du Vel d Hiv because she felt sympathy with the victims Her husband s family is Jewish and lived in Montmartre near where the Weismann family lived 4 Her father had been detained in one of Francisco Franco s internment camps so she felt a connection with the subject matter She began extensively researching the events surrounding the round up and discovered survivor Joseph Weismann and Annette Monod whose memories would eventually form the base of the script Bosch decided to portray only real life characters in the film and cast Gad Elmaleh in the role of Joseph s father Schmuel Weismann Initially Elmaleh was hesitant to accept a serious dramatic role but after reading the script he agreed to play the role Actress Melanie Laurent was cast in the role of the Red Cross worker Annette Monod whose actions were noble and undisputed before during and after the round up 5 Bosch s husband Alain Goldman produced the film Shooting began in May 2009 and lasted for 13 weeks 9 000 extras were used and facsimiles of the Velodrome d hiver and a concentration camp were reconstructed in Hungary for the film 6 Release editThe French premiere took place on 10 March 2010 The film also opened in Belgium Luxembourg and Switzerland on the same day Box office edit The Round Up opened in first place in its opening weekend ranking ahead of Shutter Island at the French box office 7 In France it did three million admissions topping other films on the Holocaust such as The Pianist and Schindler s List It then gathered another 7 million viewers on free TV for its first run becoming the number one French film of the year and appearing in the TF1 polls as the favorite film of the audience that year The DVD remained three weeks in a row at the top of the box office in 2011 Home media edit The DVD of The Round Up was released in France on 7 September 2010 It was released on the American iTunes Store on May 14 2013 Critical reception editThe film received positive reviews from critics Weekly magazine Nouvel Observateur Francois Forestier La Rafle archive Nouvelobs com 2011 says The Round Up is a courageous film with an extraordinary emotional quality it is impossible to remain insensitive watching this shameful story This film honors the French cinema Figaroscope Le Figaro Top 10 du cinema 19 March 2010 The director films through the children s eyes Her delicate and meticulous fresco is moving without excess Journal du Dimanche Carlos Gomez The emotion goes crescendo without ostentation and steadily with dignity Paris Match Alain Spira The stars in the film are the children in all their overwhelming authenticity To film this tragedy Rose Bosch is both at a reasonable distance but gives to her film incredible intensity Ouest France Impressive spectacular and gripping Jean Reno Sylvie Testud and Melanie Laurent give performances with a sincerity dictated by the subject itself L Express Emmanuelle Cirodde Both Schindler s List and The Pianist were describing lonesome characters Rose Bosch chooses to describe ordinary people particularly children Other media are less enthusiastic such as Telerama addressing the question Can horror be described On the first French Cinema website Allo Cine analyzes critics this way 36 give 5 stars out of 5 28 allow 4 5 and 7 give no star at all In the U S Variety archive variety com 11 March 2010 says With impeccable production values and all around stirring performances pic emphasizes the unbearable emotions caused by events even the most extreme that actually happened though it often oversimplifies them into a framework of good vs evil Following wide local release March 10 this 20 million 27 million co production should round up ample worldwide biz In England The Guardian Peter Bradshaw 2010 says the film is A straightforward heartfelt drama about the occupation of France by Nazi Germany Controversy editIn an interview for the French magazine Les annees laser in September 2010 Roselyne Bosch compared people who do not cry at the film to spoiled children or cynics who consider human emotions as an abomination or a weakness just like Hitler did Her remarks were strongly criticized by several French media 8 9 and by the cinema website Selenie who accused her of saying one of the silliest thing s of the last few years Roselyne Bosch sued the website for publicly insulting her but her case was dismissed in April 2013 the Paris Court judging that the critic did not exceed the boundaries of freedom of expression 10 11 References edit JP La Rafle 2010 JPBox Office Retrieved 2014 03 23 The Round up Nancy Tartaglione 4 November 2009 Alain Goldman mounts French Holocaust epic with Gaumont Screen Weekly Retrieved 7 November 2009 Lizzy Davies 9 March 2010 La Rafle confronts wartime stain on French history The Guardian Retrieved 11 March 2010 La Rafle Paris aux heures tragiques du Vel d Hiv in French Ville de Paris 5 March 2010 Retrieved 6 March 2010 John Lichfield 8 March 2010 Film awakens France s shame in the Holocaust The Independent Archived from the original on 2022 06 18 Retrieved 11 March 2010 Paul Martin 26 March 2010 Interview with Sylvie Testud Indie Movies Online Retrieved 29 March 2010 la rafle a des vapeurs Liberation 30 September 2010 Refractaires a la rafle compares a Hitler Arret sur images 30 September 2010 La realisatrice de La Rafle echoue a faire taire une critique sur Overblog Pcinpact Arret du 4 avril 2013 de la cour d appel de Paris Archived 2013 05 22 at the Wayback Machine External links editOfficial website in French The Round Up at IMDb nbsp The Round Up at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Round Up 2010 film amp oldid 1214455469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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