Son of Saul - Reviews

...a marvel of controlled filmmaking—a bold vision carried out with powerful simplicity, and an impressively assured debut form both Nemes and Röhrig as his star.

...a film unlike any other Holocaust film you’ve ever seen.

...also a pretty stunning formal accomplishment, especially coming from a first-time filmmaker.

By any standards, this would be an outstanding film, but for a debut it is remarkable.

...glimmer of light in this appalling darkness, infinitesimal yet inextinguishable. Ultimately, it is that glimmer that makes Son of Saul so traumatic.

It's a film that bores straight into your soul and leaves you shattered, but somehow richer for having seen it.

Son of Saul is one hell of a debut, with the emphasis on hell.

...recreates the shame and horror of the Holocaust to harrowing affect...

...den viktigaste filmen som gjorts om Förintelsen...

Sauls søn er et uafrysteligt vidnesbyrd, men også et stort kunstværk og en filmisk milepæl.

...fransk-ungraren László Nemes formellt briljanta och närmast outhärdliga nedstigning i det omänskliga förintelsemaskineri som var Auschwitz-Birkenau.

...et teknisk mesterværk, som med sit virtuose og transcendente filmsprog giver tilskueren et næsten ulideligt upyntet og intenst indblik i livet i helvedes forgemak.

...årets absolut starkaste och viktigaste film och borde ses av alla!

Sauls son är samtliga synonymer till fasa, skräck, ohygglighet och fruktansvärt. Det är hemskt, men också hemskt bra.