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Son of Saul

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Original title: Saul fia (Son of Saul)
Year: 2015
Running time: 107 min.
Country: Hungary
Director: László Nemes
Screenwriter: László Nemes, Clara Royer
Music: László Melis
Cinematography: Mátyás Erdély
Cast: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Sándor Zsótér, Todd Charmont, Björn Freiberg, Uwe Lauer, Attila Fritz, Kamil Dobrowolski, Christian Harting, Juli Jakab
Producer: Laokoon Filmgroup
Genre: Drama | Holocaust. II World War. Nazism. Prison Drama
Synopsis: In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a jewish prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.

Awards: 2015: Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film

2015: Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prize & FIPRESCI Award

2015: César Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film

2015: Golden Globes: Best Foreign Language Film

2016: BAFTA Awards (UK): Best Foreign Language Film

2015: David di Donatello Awards (Italy): Best European Union Film

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2016: Goya Awards (Spain): Nominated for Best European Film

2016: Guldbagge Awards (Sweden): Best Foreign Film

2015: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film

2015: National Board Review (NBR): Best Foreign Film

2015: Satellite Awards: Best Foreign Language Film

2015: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nominated for Best International Independent Film

2015: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Breakthrough Director

2015: New York Film Critics Circle: Best First Film

2015: Critics Choice Awards: Best Foreign Language Film

2015: Los Angeles Films Critics Association: Best Foreign Language Film. 2 Nom.

2015: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Foreign Language Film. 3 Nominations

2015: San Francisco Film Critics Circle: Best Foreign Language Film

2016: Gaudí Awards: Nominated for Best European Film

Critics' reviews

"A Hungarian masterwork (...) You don't merely witness horror, you feel it in your bones (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"A powerful, immersive vision of hell (...) No matter how many Holocaust films you've seen, you've not seen one like this"

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"Terrifying 'Son of Saul' is Unlike Any Other Holocaust Thriller You've Seen Before. (...) develops a powerful edge from the sheer devastating nature of its events, while resisting even the slightest overstatement."

Eric Kohn: IndieWire
"It's impossible to be a lover of cinema without having been down this road before in films like Schindler's List and The Pianist. But Nemes is telling his story in a revolutionary new way-and it's devastating"

Chris Nashawaty: Entertainment Weekly
"I can't remember a recent debut with the power of László Nemes' 'Son of Saul' (...) stunning piece of art (...) It is unlike anything you have seen before (...) It's unforgettable."

Brian Tallerico: rogerebert.com
"Utterly uneasy to watch but strikingly and confidently assembled, the film’s a powerful aural and visual experience."

Boyd van Hoeij: The Hollywood Reporter
"Hungarian helmer Laszlo Nemes (...) makes a powerful debut with this grim, unyielding Holocaust drama (...) a masterful exercise in narrative deprivation and sensory overload that recasts familiar horrors in daringly existential terms."

Justin Chang: Variety
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