My Name Is Sara

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My Name Is Sara

2022

1h 51m

History

Drama

Biography

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71%

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7 Reviews

86%

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After escaping a Jewish Ghetto in Poland and losing her family at the outset of the Holocaust, Sara hides in plain sight, passing as an Orthodox Christian in the Ukrainian countryside, where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Jul 21, 2022

A worthy addition to the seemingly endless string of fact-inspired, Holocaust stories that have vitally found their way to the big and small screens.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Jul 13, 2022

While the suspense and power of her story come through, the film can be clunkily expository and, with regard to tensions between Sara and Pavlo, frustratingly vague.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Jul 27, 2022

It’s an inherently tense, engrossing story...

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Lael Loewenstein

FilmWeek (LAist)

Jul 22, 2022

It's a compelling story, but I just wish it had been given a better telling.

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

Jul 21, 2022

3/4

Steven Oritt's film ... [is] a suspenseful study of a teenage girl's ability to adapt herself to her surroundings ... in order to stay alive.

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

Jul 16, 2022

8/10

Absorbing, realistically touching story of how a Jewish girl faced daily fear amidst Holocaust in Ukraine with amazing pluck and determination.

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maksim t

Sep 2, 2022

great movie, showing how much hate for jews, not just Nazi Germans, but from West Ukrainians

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Helen

Aug 26, 2022

True story, well-cast, historical relevance.

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Kathy G

Aug 22, 2022

Was a true story and gave you a good idea of what life was like during WW II

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Stan

Aug 21, 2022

Fascinating story. Excellent portrayals. Excellent photography. A good lesson for the horrors of WWII.

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Faye

Aug 3, 2022

Well acted and directed.

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Helen B

Jul 30, 2022

This movie gave you the horrors of the Nazi occupation through both the eyes of an antisemitic Ukrainian family as well as those of a young Jewish girl in hiding whose own family was torn apart.. Without showing the inside a concentration camp all the ugliness, death and hatred of the period was fully exposed on many sides. The acting was terrific and the story unfolded as both real and authentic throughout.

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Synopsis

After escaping a Jewish Ghetto in Poland and losing her family at the outset of the Holocaust, Sara hides in plain sight, passing as an Orthodox Christian in the Ukrainian countryside, where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.

Director: Steven Oritt
Producer: Steven Oritt, Justyna Pawlak
Screenwriter: David Himmelstein
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Media Luna New Films, James Lucy Productions, Watchout Studio
Genre: History, Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2022, Limited
Runtime: 1h 51m

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