In a film based on the Nazi concentration camps of World War II, Saul is not as smart as Guido in "Life is Beautiful", nor is he as kindhearted as Schindler in "Schindler's List". A Hungarian slave who is too ordinary to be ordinary, but he has another identity. He is a father. He recognizes his son from the dead and witnesses him being strangled when he is dying, and then steals it back from the dissection table. Do everything possible to find a rabbi (a Jewish religious figure) to pray for his burial.
The whole film is just this one line. The brutal methods of the Nazis are blurred by the camera lens, which seems to be an understatement. The one-shot method reminds me of "Birdman". It is to enhance the ideological depth of the film and make the audience shine, and he did it. At the end of the film, Thor saw the little boy running free before his death, with a smile on his face for the first time, as if God finally appeared, tearing a light in the darkness. The "son" or spiritual sustenance in his heart seems to have finally been redeemed, may his soul rest in peace.
As the director's debut, winning the award naturally has its reasons, not only a praise for the director's thought, but also an appreciation for the film.
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