Son of Saul (2015)
Directed by László Nemes · 107 min · War, Drama, Thriller
74.9 TOPICAL score · #550 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.
Son of Saul (2015, directed by László Nemes) has a TOPICAL score of 74.9 - ranked 550 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 12 awards from 12 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Critics: 96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (1,199 ratings) · IMDb 7.4/10. Wikipedia covers it in 41 languages.
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- Critics96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (1,199 ratings) · IMDb 7.4/10
- Awards12 wins, 12 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix; François Chalais Prize
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 41 languages
- Still read12,108 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont
“Giovanni Marchini Camia gave the film an A rating, and called it "a towering landmark for filmic fictionalizations of the Holocaust".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10