Crossroads Film & Discussion Series: Son of Saul

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Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester

ABOUT THE FILM:

During World War II, a Jewish worker (Géza Röhrig) at the Auschwitz concentration camp tries to find a rabbi to give a child a proper burial.

"Somehow, Nemes finds a balance: his exhausting movie pays its respects but also burns with rage. "Full review

Anthony Lane·The New Yorker

"Son of Saul is the debut film of 38-year-old director László Nemes, and it is a work of remarkable power, a chilling investigation into the intimate mechanics of mass murder." Full review

Christopher Orr·The Atlantic

WATCH THE TRAILER

1 hr 57 minutes. Rated R for disturbing, violent content and some graphic nudity. With English subtitles.

ABOUT KATRINA LANTOS SWETT

Katrina Lantos Swett, Ph.D, currently serves as Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). In March of 2012, she was appointed to USCIRF by Senator Harry Reid and Six months later was elected to serve as Chair. She served as Vice Chair for one year and in 2014 she was once again elected as Chair. 

Dr. Lantos Swett established the Lantos Foundation in 2008 to carry on the work of her father, the late Congressman Tom Lantos, who was the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Senate. In addition, she has taught Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy at Tufts University, a subject she also taught at the University of Southern Denmark during her husband’s tenure as US Ambassador to Denmark.  While living in Copenhagen, Katrina led a successful advocacy effort to convince the Danish government to take action against illicit trafficking of women and children through Denmark.