Zone of Interest

 

Magnificent, but not for all tastes. It won a most well deserved Oscar for best foreign film but it also earned a well deserved loss for best picture, if that makes sense. Zone of Interest is a stunning portrait of the commander of the Auschwitz death camp who has carved out an idyllic life with his family in a gorgeous estate right in the shadow of the camp. Hushed tones would be an apt description, Told in a slow, deliberate, matter-of-fact fashion with a subtlety that will not appeal to everyone. The horrors inside the camp are never shown. A thinking mans picture which is why it works better in Europe than America