Necessarily grim

Rating: 7/10 (21 October 2018)

Son of Saul. Fictional drama set in unnamed concentration camp (although assumed to be Auschwitz as, according to historical text, most Hungarian Jews were sent there). Saul is a Hungarian 'Sonderkommando' - a fit and healthy Jewish prisoner forced to assist in the mass killing of his own people. Saul recognises one of the dead as his son (although we don't know if this is actually true or he imagines this in an attempt to keep his own sanity) and Saul's mission is to seek a Rabbi and give his 'son' a proper Jewish burial. It's a necessarily grim watch and brilliantly made but it's also a film that I probably went into with too high expectations, unlikely to be met. Will, however, give it another watch. 7 out of ten