Son of Saul is a brilliant directorial debut by Béla Tarr’s former assistant Lászlo Nemes and the Hungarian Oscar candidate in the best foreign language film category. The winner of a Cannes Grand Prix is a portrayal of a quest for redemption in the very heart of hell, told with a subtle yet relentless realism. Son of Saul is scheduled at 9.30pm, Europa Cinema. On behalf of the film crew the film will be presented to the Zagreb audience by leading actor Géza Röhrig.
Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of Sonderkommando, a unit of Jewish prisoners isolated from the rest of the camp and in charge of taking the prisoners to gas chambers and incinerating the bodies. Working in one of the crematoriums, Saul fins the body of a boy and grows convinced it is his son.
Tonight’s program also screens this year’s Bosnian and Herzegovinian Oscar candidate, Our Everyday Life, a film about ups and downs of an average family from Sarajevo in the post-war society. Ines Tanović’s feature debut is a realistic and heart-warming portrayal of a part of the society which is not as present on the silver screen and does not involve war directly, although it is almost impossible to make a Bosnian film completely separated from the war, due to its consequences on all the aspects of life.
In this magnificent everyday story told in an unusually good way Tanović gathered an impressive cast led by brilliant Uliks Fehmiu, Emir Hadžihafizbegović and Jasna Ornela Bery. The premiere is scheduled for 7pm in Europa cinema and in addition to the director and Croatian co-producer Zdenka Gold, the film will be presented by the cast.