Genres: War, Drama, Thriller
Languages: Greek, Polish, Yiddish, German, Russian, Slovak, Hungarian, Hebrew
Year: 2015
Vote: 7.1
Festival & Award: Cannes - Grand Prix
Son of Saul
The showmakers
Overview
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper jewish burial.
Indie vibes check
A Hungarian arthouse film with independent characteristics but supported by national film funding.