Set during World War II, Son of Saul follows a member of the Sonderkommando, a group of Jewish prisoners forced to assist in the extermination process at Auschwitz. Saul, while working in the crematorium, discovers the body of a boy he believes to be his son. Determined to give him a proper burial, Saul risks his own life to find a rabbi and carry out the task amidst the chaos and horrors of the concentration camp.
Two Half-Times in Hell is set in 1944 in a Ukrainian prison camp, where a group of football players, including a Hungarian Jew, are forced to play a football match against a Nazi team. The match becomes a symbol of hope and resistance for the prisoners, who plan an escape during the game.
During the rising of nazism, Sylvia, a rich but sterile woman, needs an heir to inherit her father's money. So she bribes Irene, a Jewish girl, to have a child by her husband.
In the midst of Nazi occupation in Hungary during World War II, a young Jewish girl documents her experiences and struggles through her Instagram account. She shares personal diary entries, photos, and videos, shedding light on the harsh realities of life in the Jewish ghetto and the atrocities committed in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Through her social media presence, she forms unexpected friendships and becomes a symbol of resilience and hope amidst the horrors of the Holocaust.
In 1945, twelve million homeless children wandered through the rubble of a Europe that had just emerged from the deadliest conflict it had ever known. An unprecedented number of children were separated from their parents or orphaned. Under the guise of the best interests of these children and of the nation, France, the United States, Great Britain and the countries of Central Europe embarked on a veritable race for children. By demographic opportunism, by fear of seeing them indoctrinated by a new totalitarianism, these countries move and adopt these orphans, erasing their history and their identity.
In 1945, fifteen million orphans roamed in the debris of a Europe recovering from the deadliest conflict it had ever known. Through recolorized archives, testimonies of survivors and reenactment, our film will relate this obscure and unknown episode of the immediate post-war period, overshadowed by the atrocities of the conflict.
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