The Zone of Interest (2023)
Date: 26 July 2024Time: 7.45pm (doors open at 7.00pm)
Tickets: £7
Duration: 105 minutes
Rating: 12A
Genre: Drama, History
Actors include: Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Freya Kreutzkam, Ralph Herforth, Max Beck
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Language: German, Polish & Jiddisch spoken, English subtitles
Based on: The book by Martin Amis
The Zone of Interest has just won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.
Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the Auschwitz camp.
“The Zone of Interest’s coup de grâce is never showing any activity within Auschwitz itself, allowing only the sounds of the camp to be a constant, nerve-racking presence. Woodpecker or machine gun? Crying baby or dying woman? The horrors of the camp are utterly ignored by the family as we, the audience, can think of nothing else. It is a brilliant tactic, this brazen display of indifference and complicity, because it pointedly reflects our own.” - Austin Chronicle
“The film delicately reveals the unthinkable acts that are taking place without actually showing them which makes them even more disturbing.” - Eye for Film
“A landmark movie, hugely important, that’s unafraid of difficult ideas.” - The Times
“A brutal masterpiece.” - The Guardian
Venue
The Cross Barn
Palace Gate Farm
Odiham
Hampshire
RG29 1JX
Palace Gate Farm
Odiham
Hampshire
RG29 1JX