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Son of Saul

March 2024

  • László Nemes (left) and Jonathan Glazer.

    Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech condemned by Son of Saul director: ‘He should have stayed silent’

    In a statement shared with the Guardian, László Nemes says The Zone of Interest director’s speech ‘resorted to talking points disseminated by propaganda meant to eradicate all Jewish presence’

May 2020

  • Salvatore Cascio in Cinema Paradiso (1988)

    'I barely breathed': Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, Steve McQueen and more on their most memorable moments at the movies

    From transformative nights in the grubbiest of fleapits to spellbinding screenings under the stars, film-makers and critics recall the communal thrill of going to the cinema

September 2019

  • Pan’s Laybrigh

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May 2019

  • "Sunset" UK Premiere - 62nd BFI London Film Festival<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 15:  Director Laszlo Nemes attends the UK Premiere of "Sunset" at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival on October 15, 2018 in London, England.  (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for BFI)

    Son of Saul's László Nemes: 'Our civilisation is preparing for its own destruction'

    The director of the Auschwitz-set Oscar-winner senses dark times ahead – and believes blockbusters are partly responsible. Is that why his second film, Sunset, is so baffling?

February 2017

  • Ken Loach receives the outstanding British film award for I, Daniel Blake

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    All the winners from the 2017 Bafta film awards

January 2017

  • BESTPIX: The London Critics' Circle Film Awards - Winners Boards<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 22:  Kate Beckinsale with the award for British/Irish Actress of the Year, Naomie Harris with the award for Supporting Actress of the Year and Isabelle Huppert with the awards for Actress of the Year and The Dilys Powell Award at the Critics' Circle Film Awards at The Mayfair Hotel on January 22, 2017 in London, England.  (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

    La La Land continues winning run at London critics awards, alongside Beckinsale and Huppert

    Damien Chazelle’s musical is film of the year, Isabelle Huppert is actress of the year, while Kate Beckinsale takes best British actress for Love & Friendship

December 2016

  • Why didn’t it win the Palme d’Or? ... Son of Saul.

    Top UK films 2016
    The 50 best films of 2016 in the UK: No 2 Son of Saul

    As our countdown continues, Andrew Pulver looks back on a harrowing Holocaust drama from Hungarian director László Nemes

November 2016

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    The best films of 2016 so far

July 2016

  • Géza Röhrig in Son of Saul.

    Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
    Son of Saul; Labyrinth of Lies; Secret in Their Eyes; Strangerland; The Girlfriend Experience – review

    Lázló Nemes’s Oscar-winning Holocaust drama puts the competition to shame

May 2016

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  • Geza Rohrig as Saul, a Hungarian-Jewish prisoner forced to work in the gas chambers.

    Mark Kermode's film of the week
    Son of Saul review – profoundly, soul-shakingly distressing

April 2016

  • Son of Saul

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    Son of Saul review – a stunning, excoriating Holocaust drama

  • 'Son of Saul (aka Saul Fia, aka Le Fils De Saul)' film - 2015<br>No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage
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'Son of Saul (aka Saul Fia, aka Le Fils De Saul)' film - 2015

    The Guardian's Film Weekly
    Son of Saul reviewed – the Dailies film podcast

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    Son Of Saul: the horrors of the Holocaust, portrayed with a rare honesty

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    László Nemes on Son of Saul: 'These people have no past, only the present' – video

  • László Nemes: ‘I didn’t want Son of Saul to tell the story of survival’

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