Sabine Pernette

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

Prades, France, 1940s. The exiled Catalan cellist Pau Casals decides not to perform any more in public until the fall of the dictatorship that oppresses Spain. Pierre, a young Frenchman studying with Casals, tries to convince him to celebrate an extraordinary concert as a tribute to freedom.