After our Thursday, March 3rd screening of SON OF SAUL, Rabbi Caryn Broitman will lead a discussion on the movie’s themes. Joining her are the following discussants:
Joann Green Breuer – critic; theater director; Professor Emerita, Harvard University
Gaston Vadasz – was born and hidden in Hungary during the Holocaust
Max Jasny – son of Holocaust survivor
In this searing drama, a concentration camp inmate tasked with burning the dead discovers the body of a young boy, and must choose between participating in the clandestine uprising being planned among the prisoners, or securing a proper Jewish burial for the child.
“A Hungarian masterwork from first-time director László Nemes. You don’t merely witness horror, you feel it in your bones.” -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“It’s not an easy sit, but it is a riveting, effective one.” -Bob Mondello, NPR
