The Children of 209 Saint-Maur Street
The Children of 209 Saint-Maur Street
7.8 Les enfants du 209, rue Saint-Maur, Paris Xe
2017, 1 h 43 m
History, Documentary
After selecting a building at random in a Jewish neighborhood in Paris, French director Ruth Zylberman meticulously reconstructed its community of inhabitants during the German occupation. What results is the spellbinding 209 RUE SAINT-MAUR, an experimental historiography that tells the emotional story of lives uprooted and destroyed under the Nazis.