My Name is Sara
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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 |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Marian Prokop |
| Edited by | Agnieszka Glinska |
| Music by | Łukasz Targosz |
Production companies | James Lucy Productions Media Luna New Films Watchout Studio |
Release date | 21 July 2019 (Giffoni Film Festival) |
Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Polish Russian German |
My Name is Sara (also known as The Occupation[1]) is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed by Steven Oritt, starring Zuzanna Surowy, Eryk Lubos and Michalina Olszańska. It is based on the life of Holocaust survivor Sara Góralnik.
Cast[edit]
- Zuzanna Surowy as Sara
- Eryk Lubos as Pavlo
- Michalina Olszańska as Nadya
- Ksawery Szlenkier as Avram
- Aleksandra Pisula as Tsivia
- Iwona Bielska as Vira Ivanenko
- Paweł Królikowski as Ivan
- Konrad Cichon as Moishe
- Piotr Nerlewski as Grisha
- Artur Sokolski as Danylo
- Marcin Sokolski as Stepan
- Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska as Pavlo's mother
- Stanislaw Cywka as Boris
- Izabela Dąbrowska as Marina
- Lech Dyblik as Fedir Ivanenko
- Radosław Kaim as German Soldier
- Wiesław Komasa as Father Oleksa
- Maciej Mikołajczyk as SS Officer
- Bartosz Porczyk as Captain
- Ryszard Ronczewski as Pavlo's Father
Release[edit]
The film premiered at the Giffoni Film Festival on 21 July 2019.[2]
Reception[edit]
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."[3]
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".[4]
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."[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
