The Zone of Interest

In the organizer's words:

The Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höß and his wife Hedwig realize their idea of a dream life with a large family, a spacious house and an idyllic garden on a plot of land directly adjacent to the camp wall. A paradise of prosperity, surrounded by a wall behind which people were murdered day and night in the concentration camp. When Höss is to be transferred, the family idyll threatens to shatter. His wife refuses to leave their "dream house"...

This historical drama, which has won two Oscars, shows the banality of evil. British director Jonathan Glazer has found a special form that shows none of the horror and yet makes it all palpable.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Martin Amis and uses undramatic images to dissect a gruesomely sober depiction of the everyday lives of the Höss family, who have made themselves comfortable in the shadow of horror. While the husband organizes the mass murder of Jews in particular, his wife tends to her flowers and the children splash around in the pool.

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