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The Guardian: Son of Saul is the 12th best film of the 21st century
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Oscar-winning Hungarian feature film Son of Saul did not only make it to The Guardian’s list of the 100 best films of the 21st century, but it finished within the top 15. According to the British daily, the Hungarian drama is the 12th best film of our century.
Son of Saul is a 2015 drama film directed by László Nemes. The film is Nemes’s feature directorial debut. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Second World War. The plot follows the life of Saul Ausländer, a member of the Sonderkommando. Saul, a Jewish prisoner himself, is forced to work in the gas chambers and crematoria. Saul goes to great lengths to give a dead boy, whom he calls his son, a proper burial.
The film premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. It also won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2016. The prize is Hungary’s second in the category, as the first went to director István Szabó for Mephisto (1982).
Son of Saul also won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the first Hungarian film ever to win the award.