Son of Saul

Son of Saul

  • Director: László Nemes
  • Writer: László Nemes,Clara Royer
  • Countries of origin: Hungary
  • Language: Hungarian, Yiddish, German, Russian, Polish, French, Greek, Slovak, Hebrew
  • Release date: June 11, 2015
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: El hijo de Saúl
  • "Son of Saulby" is a feature film released by Ad Vitam.   The film is directed by László Nemes, starring Géza Röhrig,'Kecske' Molnár Levente, Urs Rechn, etc. 
    The film tells the story of the Jewish contingent in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II. 
    The film was released in France on May 15, 2015, and it won the Jury Prize at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. 

    Details

    • Release date June 11, 2015
    • Filming locations Mafilm, Budapest, Hungary
    • Production companies Laokoon Filmgroup, Hungarian National Film Fund, Sam Spiegel International Film Lab

    Box office

    Budget

    €1,500,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,777,043

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $37,930

    Gross worldwide

    $6,659,121

    Movie reviews

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    • By Arne 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      Parse

      It will be a little confusing at first. Because think about why he is so attached to his children. Even abandoned his mission. If he is such a person, why would his companions trust him.
      Because he has faith and owns himself. Everyone sees himself or wants to have himself in him.
      When there is only chaos left in life and material and even the environment. A person is left with only oneself. heart and soul.
      Then his children are not necessarily biological. Because it may just be...

    • By Alvina 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      Standing upright, I can't sympathize

      There are so many close-ups, I wonder why so many people haven't seen the camera.

      I don't like the male protagonist very much. After so many Jews were killed, their bodies were burned to ashes, but your son is special, so he must have a serious Jewish funeral.

      In the process of looking for a rabbi (rabbi), he truly showed his selfishness and coldness. Nothing is bigger than my son's death, and everything has to make way for this.
      The rest of you have to help me too, and...

    • By Alvina 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film | Son of Saul, Fall of War

      I watched it for the best foreign language film at the Oscars. I have always avoided watching this type of film before. I remember that I watched a "Schindler's List" in two parts. Unlike most movies, which focus on reflecting the protagonist's human aura or gain the audience's favor through clever narrative techniques and composition, Son of Saul is a close-up of the protagonist's front or back from beginning to end, with only a few occasionally. Fresh faces. The background, whether it is a...

    • By Vern 2022-04-23 07:03:13

      self redemption in hell

      Sol thought of himself as just a walking corpse surviving in a concentration camp. Seeing the boy who survived the gas chamber made him think he had witnessed a miracle, and burying the boy in the Jewish rites was as sacred as the disciples secretly burying Jesus, risking his life for it. At the end, when Thor was frustrated by not being able to pull the boy's body to the river bank, he found the young Polish boy standing at the door staring at him, as if his piety had been promised and his...

    • By Bo 2022-04-23 07:03:13

      I haven't seen it, but I feel it and think of the Nanjing Massacre to write about it, don't spray it

      I am a person who is very afraid of watching WWII massacre movies,
      but I have still watched "Schindler's List", "Life is Beautiful" and "The Pianist".
      These three movies are all. After watching it once, I will never dare to watch
      the depressing movies again. The black and white, and the seemingly happy colors, and the silence for the sake of life
      all make me feel depressed and unbearable.

      I have never dared to watch this movie. I saw some bean friends commented...

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    • By Ebba 2023-09-14 23:25:28

      A high degree of unity and balance between the situation and content, a brilliant...

    • By Bobby 2023-09-11 15:19:40

      Almost the entire piece is a shallow focus shot of Sol, which makes the audience completely immerse in Sol's perspective, and the extremely personal theme of father's love, which makes this film - in the situation that there are countless classic gems in front of the theme of World War II Down -...

    • By Cory 2023-08-30 09:46:11

      The male protagonist's obsession, close-up repression, and distant chaos are three-layered worlds separated by the director's single scene. The so-called eighteen levels of hell, the ancients have long understood all of...

    • By Deontae 2023-08-29 21:53:29

      Concentration camps are as busy as Foxconn, crematory factories are cremators, Jewish paranoia is like Nazis, and the ninth circle of hell is...

    • By John 2023-08-21 14:48:02

      Regardless of whether the child has or not, the child must be alienated, a symbol of religion and emotion in Sol's heart. He has been working tirelessly to find a rabbi to give a eulogy to Kadivine, perhaps to find some inner solace for himself, and a eulogy for his own sins. For inner redemption. The long lens and short focus are quite...

    Positive review

    The special thing about the film is that it does not deliberately explain and render the historical background of the World War II concentration camps. It even deliberately uses defocusing and other methods to weaken the background environment of the characters, and always focuses on the protagonist Sol. Body. The film was shot on film and has not been converted into a digital version. The yellowish-toned image frame and the lens...
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    Movie quotes

    • Abraham Warszawski: Who's this boy?

      Saul Ausländer: My son.

      Abraham Warszawski: But you have no son.

      Saul Ausländer: I do. I have to bury him.

      Abraham Warszawski: You don't need a rabbi for that.

      Saul Ausländer: At least he'll do what's right.

    • Saul Ausländer: I have to take care of my son. He's not from my wife.

      Abraham Warszawski: When did you last see him?

      [pause]

      Abraham Warszawski: You have no son.

    • Abraham Warszawski: You failed the living for the dead.

      Saul Ausländer: We are dead already.