| My Name is Sara | |
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| Music: | Łukasz Targosz |
| Editing: | Agnieszka Glinska |
| Studio: | James Lucy Productions Media Luna New Films Watchout Studio |
| Director: | Steven Oritt |
| Producer: | Steven Oritt Justyna Pawlak |
| Runtime: | 111 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | 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, and Michalina Olszańska. It is based on the life of Holocaust survivor Sara Góralnik.
The film premiered at the Giffoni Film Festival on 21 July 2019.[2]
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]