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My Name is Sara

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My Name is Sara
Directed bySteven Oritt
Written byDavid Himmelstein
Produced bySteven Oritt
Justyna Pawlak
Starring
CinematographyMarian Prokop [pl]
Edited byAgnieszka Glinska
Music byŁukasz Targosz
Production
companies
James Lucy Productions
Media Luna New Films
Watchout Studio
Release date
  • 21 July 2019 (2019-07-21) (Giffoni Film Festival)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
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 [pl] and Michalina Olszańska. It is based on the life of Holocaust survivor Sara Góralnik.

Cast

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Release

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The film premiered at the Giffoni Film Festival on 21 July 2019.[2]

Reception

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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

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  1. ^ "The Occupation, Feature Film, 2017-2019 | Crew United". crew-united.com. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (13 July 2019). "My Name is Sara". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Kenigsberg, Ben (13 July 2022). "'My Name Is Sara' Review: Keeping Secrets in Close Quarters". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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