本年度國際影壇大放異彩之作，先在康城影展勇奪評審團大獎，再奪金球獎最佳外語片，勢將沖擊奧斯卡寶座。曾任貝拉塔爾(BelaTarr)助手的新銳導演拉斯洛尼美斯一鳴驚人之作，首部作品已經展現了獨特的視野和震憾的力量。1944年的奧斯威辛集中營，納粹「工作隊」成員掃羅，被安排處理屍體的工作，焚燒自己的同胞。他用盡一切方法逃走，卻在一次工作期間，目睹一名男孩被害的過程。他決意要為男孩安排一場猶太安葬儀式，即使犧牲自己的逃亡機會亦在所不辭。匈牙利男主角的演出獲得國際影評高度讚許，震憾觀眾心靈。

One of the most-powerful foreign pictures of the year, Son of Saul captures a heartbreaking and haunting story of the Holocaust. Winning multiple awards in film festivals and award ceremonies, this film about a prisoner in the concentration camp sends viewers to the heart of this painful chapter of history. Son of Saul is the story about Saul Ausländer, who is forced to work for the Nazis to burn corpses in the concentration camp. During his shift in the crematorium, he discovers a boy who is brutally killed after an attempted escape, Saul decides to save this child’s body to give him a proper burial, even at the expense of his own escape.