The Round Up is a French drama film that was released in 2010. It is a faithful retelling of the infamous Vel' d'Hiv roundup, an event that occurred in Paris in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France.
The film opens in July 1942, with the French police receiving orders from the German authorities to round up all Jews living in Paris. The story follows the lives of several Jewish families as they are forcibly taken from their homes and sent to a temporary detention center at the Vel' d'Hiv bicycle velodrome.
One family consists of a young girl named Sarah and her parents. In the chaos of the roundup, Sarah becomes separated from her parents and is unable to reunite with them before they are sent to an extermination camp.
Another family is led by a brave doctor named Weismann, who refuses to be taken without a fight. He and his family barricade themselves in their apartment and fight off police for hours before finally being captured.
The film also depicts the complicity of French officials in the roundup, as well as the heroism of some who risked their own lives to help their Jewish neighbors.
The story moves between the past and present, with journalist Julia Jarmond (played by Kristin Scott Thomas) investigating the Vel' d'Hiv roundup as part of a story on the 60th anniversary of the event. As she delves deeper into the story, she begins to uncover the heartbreaking truth about what happened to Sarah and her family.
The Round Up is a powerful and emotional portrayal of one of the darkest moments in French history, and a reminder of the importance of remembering and honoring the victims of the Holocaust.