The Round-up on the tragedy of Jews

‘La Rafle’ (The Round-up), the French film portraying the pathetic destiny of Jews will be screened at the Alliance Francaise de Kotte at 6.30 pm on October 29.

In 1942 Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sewn on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker.

Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of life in an occupied Paris, on the Butte Montmartre, where they’ve taken shelter. At least that’s what they think, until that morning on July 16, 1942, when their fragile happiness is toppled over.