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SON OF SAUL (SAUL FIA)
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Local title : SAULŮV SYN  ;  Release date : Feb 18, 2016
 
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Completed - HUNGARIAN - Drama - 107 minutes

Log Line

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.

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : László NEMES
Writer(s) : László NEMES, Clara ROYER
Cast : Géza RÖHRIG, Levente MOLNÁR, Urs RECHN

Producer(s) : Gábor SIPOS (LAOKOON FILMGROUP), Gábor RAJNA (LAOKOON FILMGROUP)

Synopsis

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.

Production

Country(ies) : HUNGARY

AUSTRIA THIMFILM GMBH
BELGIUM Oct 28, 2015 CINÉART BELGIUM
CANADA MÉTROPOLE FILMS
CZECH REPU Feb 18, 2016 FILM EUROPE (CZ
CZECH REPU Feb 18, 2016 FILM EUROPE (CZ
DENMARK CAMERA FILM A/S
ESTONIA Feb 04, 2016 MUST KASI / KIN
FRANCE Nov 04, 2015 AD VITAM
GREECE FILMTRADE
HUNGARY Jun 11, 2015 MOZINET LTD.
ICELAND HEIMILI KVIKMYN
ISRAEL LEV CINEMAS LTD
ITALY Jan 21, 2016 TEODORA FILM
JAPAN FINE FILMS, INC
JAPAN Jan 23, 2016 MIMOSA FILMS, I
KOREA (Sou Feb 25, 2016 BEETWIN F&I INC
LITHUANIA EUROPEAN FILM F
NETHERLAND Nov 05, 2015 CINÉART NETHERL
NORWAY Feb 19, 2016 ARTHAUS
POLAND Jan 22, 2016 GUTEK FILM LTD
PORTUGAL MIDAS FILMES
RUSSIA Apr 14, 2016 RUSSIAN WORLD V
SERBIA FIVE STARS FILM
SLOVAKIA Feb 18, 2016 FILM EUROPE (SL
SLOVAKIA Feb 18, 2016 FILM EUROPE (SL
SLOVENIA Jan 20, 2016 DEMIURG - CVETK
SPAIN Jun 22, 2015 AVALON
SWITZERLAN Nov 04, 2015 AGORA FILMS
TURKEY FABULA FILMS
UNITED KIN CURZON ARTIFICI
USA Dec 18, 2015 FILM FORUM


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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2015 - Competition (Grand Prix)
Toronto - TIFF 2015 Special Presentations
Stockholm IFF 2015 - Competition (Best director)


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