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Son of Saul
Hungary
2015, 107 minutes
Dir. László Nemes
In Hungarian, German, Yiddish with English subtitles
Rating: [R16] Violence, cruelty & content may disturb.
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / War
Feat. Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn
“a gripping film almost entirely free of movie heroics or placating visual strategies. It's not an easy experience.”
Aroview: Masterful, but deeply disturbing glimpse into the horror of Auschwitz seen through the perspective of a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people while trying to salvage the body of a boy he takes for his son.
Winner of the 2016 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Adopt-a-Movie Kindly adopted by Giacomo Lichtner
Member Reviews
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5 stars (Exceptional) Unusual, harrowing film has its protagonist in near-continual close up while the events of Auschwitz happen behind & around him - out of focus or unseen, half-heard, etc. The intricate plotting of a crime film, but with a careful emotional emphasis. ~Toby Dammit
4 stars (Very Good) Feeling depressed? This is one for lifting your spirits. Most of the action takes place in an ill lit abattoir with death lingering everywhere - and you are not there. It gets full marks for an original screenplay. ~Tubbs
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- Shoah (1985)
- Fateless (2005)
- Counterfeiters, The (2007)
- Grey Zone, The (2000)
- Love it Was Not (2020)
- Unknown Soldier, The (2006)
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