A24’s Nazi Drama ‘Zone of Interest’ Is a Cannes Sensation With 6-Minute Standing Ovation
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Jonathan Glazer just delivered the first instant sensation of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. “The Zone of Interest,” only the director’s fourth feature film after “Sexy Beast,” “Birth” and “Under the Skin,” earned a six-minute standing ovation following its world premiere.
Glazer’s film is austere and challenging as it tells the story of the commandant of Auschwitz and his wife, who have created their dream home directly next to the concentration camp.
The constant screams of prisoners, gun shots and smoke from the gas chambers haunt their paradise, but their indifference to such horrors creates a terrifying and sinister juxtaposition. “Thank you very much, Glazer told the crowd after the standing ovation. “I’m really overwhelmed by this.
It’s a dream. To be a part of this with you, thank you.” The crowd gave Glazer and his actors a warm embrace after depicting so much horror on screen, showering them in a six-minute standing ovation.
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