Son of Saul (2015)
Directed by László Nemes · Cinematography by Mátyás Erdély
R107 min24 frames
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What is Son of Saul about?
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.
Where can you watch Son of Saul?
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Who made Son of Saul?
László NemesDirector
Mátyás ErdélyCinematography- Gábor RajnaProducer
- Gábor SiposProducer
What does the cinematography of Son of Saul look like?
Sampled across 20 frames, the coverage of Son of Saul leans on close-ups and medium shots. Cinematographer Mátyás Erdély keeps most of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for most of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in most of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of Son of Saul?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Son of Saul (2015) are #323128, #545246, #6b6959, #25221c, #474739, #8e8a78 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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