It gives him a frantic man’s purpose, but it is a quest that crushes the soul. He searches for a rabbi to read prayers for burial. Saul is enveloped by it, so much so that he convinces himself that a dead boy in the camp is his son. It is a reminder that humanity is ingrained with savagery whether it be in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Rwanda, South Sudan or the Nazis’ factories of death. OSCARS 2016: Red carpet arrivals | Best and worst dressed It has the power of a documentary and the poetic barbarism of the best Holocaust films, including Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List.” “Son of Saul,” shot by cinematographer Matyas Erdely, is more visceral and claustrophobic than that film, plunging deeper into an all-consuming madness that extinguishes hope the instant it glimmers. Holocaust drama ‘Son of Saul’ wins Oscar for best foreign film The film, which was partly financed by the Claims Conference, claimed the prize at the annual Oscar ceremony Sunday night in Los.

“Son of Saul” traces the fate of a ghost-like everyman caught in a wicked time. France’s entry, “Mustang,” is the tale of girls trying to break the grip of traditionalism in a Turkish village, and “Theeb” from Jordan is an Arabic coming-of-age saga set against the crumbling Ottoman Empire. “A War” from Denmark deals with the moral consequences of the Afghanistan war. “Embrace of the Serpent” from Colombia explores the painful residue left from years of colonialism in the Amazon. Related Posts Gallery Come Back Anytime DOC NYC 2021 Gallery The Rossellinis, Exposing Gallery. The film, set in 1944, takes viewers to a world dominated by the Nazi regime, more specifically the concentration and extermination camp, Auschwitz. Son of Saul, this year’s Oscar submission from Hungary, will be released in the States this December. Scenes from the 88th Academy Awards ceremonyĮach of the foreign films nominated this year is an intimate story told against larger cruelties. Son of Saul, directed by the 38-year-old Hungarian Lszl Nemes, is a harrowing tale that has taken home the Grand Prix, an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, and other supreme accolades.

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