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Son of Saul (2015)
Directed by László Nemes
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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.
Rated R | Length 107 minutes
Actors
Géza Röhrig | Levente Molnár | Urs Rechn | Todd Charmont | Jerzy Walczak | Balázs Farkas | Gergö Farkas | Sándor Zsótér | Marcin Czarnik | Levente Orbán | Kamil Dobrowolski | Uwe Lauer | Christian Harting | Attila Fritz | Mihály Kormos | Márton Ágh | Amitai Kedar | István Pion | Jakab Juli | Tamás Polgár | Rozi Székely | Ernő Fekete | László Somorjai | Eszter Csépai | Zoltán Cservák | Péter Fancsikai | Csaba Formanek | Björn Freiberg | Tamás Herczeg | András Jeles | Bálint Kenyeres | Anett Kormos | Kálmán Kovács | Péter Kőszegi | Csaba Krisztik | Ákos Orosz | Tom Pilath | László Quitt | Péter Takátsy | Balázs Szitás | Norbert Varga | János Vozár | Krisztián Vranik | Sandor Altmann | János Tibor Boldizsár | Mendy Cahan | Dávid Fodor | Kollátosz Fotisz | Judit Gál | János György | Éva Kelényi | Tamás Kiss | László Laskay | Gábor Molnár | Gábor Molnár Opti | Patrik Nádas | Zoltán Perovics | Gábor Póczik | Béla Sebestyén | Péter Selyebi | Tamás Steinberger | Kristóf Törőcsik | Mitropulosz Vaszilisz | Sándor Viglász | Marcell Wrochna | Felix Bender | Dániel Fuhl | Marcus Hammerstein | Christoph Hanz | Melissa Hermann | Matthias Kräusslein | Karsten Schleifring | Gaetan Stawinoga | George Vince | Alexey Zelensky
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/22/2015 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Cool to see this at CIFF in the big theater and with a great seat (sitting next to old French women who brought their own homemade sandwiches). This was the only screening at CIFF and soldout. I skipped it at FF2015 b/c I anticipated seeing it here. Had a lot of buzz out of TIFF but didn’t hear so much from FF2015.
Now that I’ve seen it I can guess why; definitely a film that fits more with CIFF than FF. It’s not “horror” but truly horrific. And tragic. I believe the sandwich next to me cried the entire runtime. It’s a sad movie for sure. I think I was too exhausted to fully appreciate it as I was having a hard time keeping my eyes open. Not sure I will attend next year for this reason.
Anyways the movie is one of those movies that would almost be better to view at home on a smaller screen. Not that it isn’t cinematic but so much close quarters, long-takes, claustrophobic sequences that would have a greater impact in a small setting. I already look forward to rewatching under better conditions.
8 years ago
I can attest to the small screen experience. I can’t imagine seeing this in a theater and it having the same impact.