Directed by:
László NemesCinematography:
Mátyás ErdélyComposer:
László MelisCast:
Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Jerzy Walczak, Balázs Farkas, Gergő Farkas, Sándor Zsótér, Marcin Czarnik, Levente Orbán (more)VOD (3)
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Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and Golden Globe, Son of Saul is Hungarian director László Nemes’ blistering debut feature, a courageous and unflinching reimagining of the Holocaust drama. Saul Ausländer is a member of the Sonderkommando, the Jewish prisoners forced to assist in the machinery of the Nazi concentration camps. While at work, he discovers the body of a boy he recognises as his son. As the Sonderkommando plan a rebellion, Saul vows to carry out an impossible task: to save the child's body from the flames and to find a rabbi to recite the mourner’s Kaddish and offer the boy a proper burial. Anchored by a riveting and intensely brave performance from newcomer Géza Röhrig, Son of Saul is a remarkable exploration of one of humanity’s darkest moments. Visceral, gripping and immensely powerful, it is one of the boldest and most remarkable debuts in recent memory - and is already being heralded as a masterpiece of world cinema. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2016 - László Nemes (Best Foreign Language Film)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2016 - László Nemes (Best International Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2017 - Best Film not in the English Language
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2015 - Best International Independent Film
César Awards
- 2016 - Best Foreign Film
Goya Awards
- 2017 - László Nemes (Best European Feature)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2017 - László Nemes (Best Non-American Film)
Polish Film Awards
- 2017 - László Nemes (Best European Film)
Hungarian Motion Picture Awards (Hungarian Film Awards)
- 2016 - László Nemes (Special prize)
Guldbagge Awards
- 2016 - László Nemes (Best Foreign Film)
Amanda Awards
- 2016 - László Nemes (Best Foreign Language Film)
Golden Globes
- 2016 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Critics Choice Awards
- 2016 - Best Foreign Language Film
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2015 - Best Foreign Language Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2015 - László Nemes (Best Foreign-Language Film)
- 2015 - Géza Röhrig (Best Actor)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2015 - László Nemes (Best First Film)
Cannes Film Festival
- 2015 - László Nemes (Grand Prize)
- 2015 - László Nemes (Golden Palm - Official Competition)