The Zone of Interest

2023 · 105 min · EN · PG-13 · 7.0 (2,633 votes)

Dir. Jonathan Glazer · Starring Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte, Nele Ahrensmeier, Lilli Falk · Music Mica Levi

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The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

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This film is a chilling, clinical observation of domesticity thriving in the shadow of unspeakable horror. Its slow-burn dread is amplified by a masterful soundscape, creating an unsettling, immersive experience of moral blindness and complicity. It feels like a stark, disquieting mirror held up to humanity.

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