Son of Saul

October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Auslander is a Hungarian member of the sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the corpse of a boy he takes for his son. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul decides to carry out an impossible task: save the child’s body from the flames, find a rabbi to recite the mourner’s Kaddish and offer the boy a proper burial.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Laszlo Nemes, Clara Royer
Cinematography: Μatyas Εrdely
Editing: Matthieu Taponier
Sound: Tamas Zanyi
Music: Laszlo Melis
Actors: Geza Rohrig (Saul Auslander), Levente Molnar (Abraham), Urs Rechn (Oberkapo Biederman), Todd Charmont (bearded man), Sandor Zsoter (doctor)
Production: Laokoon Filmgroup, Hungary Τ.+36 1 3540 491 F.+36 1 3540 492 office@laokoonfilm.com www.laokoonfilm.com
Producers: Gabor Sipos, Gabor Rajna
Production Design: Laszlo Rajk
Format: DCP Color
Production Country: Hungary
Production Year: 2015
Duration: 107
Distribution in Greece: FilmtradeVassilis SourapasT. +30 210 6981 083-4 F. +30 210 6983 430info@filmtrade.grwww.filmtrade.gr
Contact: Films Distribution, FranceΤ.+33 1 5310 3399 F.+33 1 5310 3398info@filmsdistribution.comwww.filmsdistribution.com
Awards:
Grand Prize of the Jury, FIPRESCI Prize, Francois Chalais Award, Vulcain Prize (for the outstanding contribution of sound to the narration) – Cannes IFF 2015, France
Special Jury Prize – Sarajevo IFF 2015, Bosnia-Herzegovina

László Nemes

He was born in 1977 in Budapest, Hungary. After studying history, international relations and screenwriting in Paris, he started working as an assistant director in France and Hungary on short and feature films. For two years, he worked as Bela Tarr’s assistant and subsequently studied Film Directing in Νew Υork. His first feature Son of Saul received the Grand Prix in Cannes International Film Festival, the Golden Globe, and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Filmography

2007 Türelem | With a Little Patience (short)
2008 The Counterpart (short)
2010 The Gentleman Takes His Leave (short)
2015 Saul fia | Son of Saul
2018 Napszállta | Sunset