The Round Up (2010) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Joseph's mother pretended to be a widow to protect her family from the militiamen conducting the roundup. In doing so, she inadvertently caused Joseph to inadvertently denounce his own father, since she claimed her husband was dead when he was actually alive and present.

Foreshadowing: Earlier scenes show the family living in fear of the Gestapo, constantly weighing dangerous decisions.

• joseph mother
• widow
• denounce father
• militia
• roundup

The Velodrome d'Hiver was severely overcrowded and unsanitary, with little water available for the detainees. Families huddled together in fear, sharing what little food and supplies they had. Firefighters occasionally released water by opening valves, and prisoners tried to maintain hope while awaiting their fate.

Foreshadowing: The Butte Montmartre community buzzed with tension before the roundup, foreshadowing the desperate conditions to come.

• velodrome
• conditions
• overcrowding
• water
• arrest

Joseph's best friend was ill and had a hernia that prevented him from walking. This painful separation occurred during the escape attempt, as the boy was physically unable to make the difficult journey to freedom.

Foreshadowing: Earlier at the camp, the narrative notes the spread of illness among detainees, setting up this tragic moment.

• joseph
• friend
• escape
• hernia
• illness
• beaune-la-rolande

After learning about the extermination camps, nurse Annette Monod rushed to the deportation train that was carrying the children. She attempted to intervene and save them, but arrived too late, the trains had already departed, and she could not stop the tragedy.

Foreshadowing: Annette had been actively helping prisoners inside the Velodrome, establishing her determination to protect the children.

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• children
• train
• save
• extermination camp

The parents were deported toward Auschwitz, the extermination camp in Poland. They were separated from their children, with the younger children left behind at Beaune-la-Rolande in hopes they might survive. The parents' fate was extermination.

Foreshadowing: A doctor's warning about extermination camps amplifies the dread in the narrative before the deportation.

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• auschwitz
• deportation
• separation
• children

Nono, the young boy, managed to escape from the deportation train while it was en route. He was taken in by a compassionate couple who offered him shelter, giving him a chance at survival amid the devastation.

Foreshadowing: The children's perilous journey was marked by constant danger, setting up this moment of unexpected rescue.

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• escape
• train
• couple
• survival

Joseph escaped from Beaune-la-Rolande with the help of other detainees and money that his parents had hidden in the latrines. His mother had given him final words to survive before the deportation. He fled with comrades before his own scheduled deportation.

Foreshadowing: The parents' desperate preparation to give their children any chance at survival is hinted at throughout their time in the camps.

• joseph
• escape
• latrines
• money
• parents
• beaune-la-rolande

In 1945, after the war ended, the survivors Joseph and Noé were found in Paris. They eventually reunite with Annette Monod at the Hotel Lutetia, which became a haven for those who endured the concentration camps. The reunion was bittersweet, scarred but alive, they honored the memory of those lost.

Foreshadowing: The film consistently hints at the resilience of hope despite overwhelming tragedy, culminating in this reunion.

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• survivors
• reunion
• lutetia
• paris
• annette

The younger children were kept behind at Beaune-la-Rolande while the parents were deported to Auschwitz, in the hope that the children might have a better chance of survival. This separation was one of the most heartbreaking aspects of the deportation process.

Foreshadowing: The narrative emphasizes the agonizing decisions families faced, knowing they might never see their children again.

• children
• left behind
• parents
• deportation
• survival
• beaune-la-rolande

Firefighters, led by Captain Pierret, intervened inside the Velodrome to maintain some order. Captain Pierret used his authority to impose order among the gendarmie and keep the crowded detainees somewhat subdued. Occasionally, firefighters would release water by opening valves to help the prisoners.

Foreshadowing: The fragile hierarchies inside the Velodrome reflect the broader complexities of occupation-era France.

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• pierret
• velodrome
• order
• water