Oscars 2024: UK picks chilling holocaust drama 'The Zone of Interest' for International Feature category
Zone of Interest' as its submission to the Oscar for the best international feature film award. Jonathan Glazer’s holocaust drama has already won the Grand Prix and FIPRESCI prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Based on a novel by Martin Amis, the film is a chilling contemplation on the banality of evil. It narrates how the commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Hoss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to a concentration camp.
'The Zone of Interest': Writer, producers, director
Jonathan Glazer has written and directed 'The Zone of Interest' which stars Christian Friedel and Sandra Huller. James Wilson and Ewa Puszczynska have produced the movie. Its executive directors include Reno Antoniades, Ollie Madden, Daniel Battsek, Len Blavatnik, Danny Cohen, Tessa Ross, and David Kimbangi. A24, Film4, Access Entertainment movie. A24 will release the film in the United States on December 8.
'The Zone of Interest': German, Polish dialogues
The UK has a poor track record in the international feature section because most British feature films are produced in English and so they are not eligible in the category. Britain has so far made 19 submissions, it has landed only two nominations. The Welsh language films 'Hedd Wyn'was nominated in 1993 and 'Solomon & Gaenor' in 1999. 'The Zone of Interest' has dialogues in German and Polish languages.
Critics praise 'The Zone of Interest'
Film critics have described 'The Zone of Interest' as a 'stone cold stunner' and a 'devastating Holocaust drama like no other'. It has been said that the film «demonstrates with startling effectiveness unerring control of tonal and visual storytelling».
'The Zone of Interest' was sent to screen at Toronto,
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