SON OF SAUL

Dir. László Nemes (107min, Hungary, 2015)
Hungarian, Yiddish, German, and Polish with English subtitles
Narrative

László Nemes’ feature debut centers on Saul, a Jewish prisoner tasked with preparing piles of corpses for incineration at Auschwitz. While the others in his Sonderkommando unit plot a rebellion, he sets about arranging a proper burial for a body he believes to be his son’s.

Winner of the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and Hungary’s submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar.

Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Hungary.

-Variety

“An Auschwitz-set drama that’s numbing, provocative and impossible to unsee.”

-Time Out