Son of Saul (2015)
- Original title
- Saul fia
- Directed by
- László Nemes
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- Hungary
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 1,177 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Hungarian man who is part of a forced labor unit at Auschwitz tries to give a dead boy a proper Jewish burial. The film follows his intense personal mission over a day and a half inside the camp.
tenseimmersiveclaustrophobicunsettlingbleakintimateurgentfocused
What happens
Son of Saul (Hungarian: Saul fia) is a 2015 Hungarian historical drama film directed by László Nemes, in his feature directorial debut, and co-written by Nemes and Clara Royer. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, and follows a day-and-a-half in the life of Saul Ausländer (played by Géza Röhrig), a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando. The film premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix, and was later screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film won the award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. It is the ninth Hungarian film to be nominated for the award, and the first since István Szabó's Hanussen in 1988. It is the second Hungarian film to win the award, the first being Szabó's Mephisto in 1981. It also won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the first Hungarian film to win the award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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