Son of Saul

Date
Hour
Place
05/08/2015
18:30
THE PGE CINEMA ELECTRIC


Saul fia
reż|dir László Nemes | HU | 2015 | 107 min
prod|pro Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna scen|wr László Nemes, Clara Royer zdj|ph Mátyás Erdély muz|mus László Melis mon|ed Matthieu Taponier ob|cast Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Sándor Zsótér, Uwe Lauer dys|dis Gutek Film

DESCRIPTION

1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Two days in the life of Saul Auslander, member of the Sonderkommando (a squad of Jewish prisoners forced to assist the Nazis in the great annihilation machine), shortly before the revolt broke out. In an unfathomable reality, in a situation without a chance of survival, Saul will try to salvage what remains of the man he once was. In his shocking debut, Nemes decided to maximally approximate the protagonist's perception and show fragments of his world. The viewers see and hear only as much as the protagonist does, so that as much as possible is left to their own sensitivity.


AWARDS
2015 IFF in Cannes – Grand Prix, the FIPRESCI Prize, Palme d'Or nomination

DIRECTOR
László Nemes (1977) Hungarian director and screenwriter. Born in Budapest and raised in France. Has studied history, international relations, and screenwriting, has finished a film course in New York City. Has been an on-set assistant to Hungarian and French directors, including Béla Tarr for two years. His short “The Counterpart” (2008) has been nominated for the European Film Award.

FILMOGRAPHY
2015 Syn Szawła | Saul fia | Son of Saul
2008 Cierpienie | Counterpart, The

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Projekt i realizacja: Tomasz Żewłakow