‘The Zone of Interest’ review: Dir. Jonathan Glazer (2024)

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Disturbing cinema is enjoying a moment right now, with Saltburn and Poor Things grabbing headlines due to their sexually-charged content, or from those questioning whether they’re even shocking at all.

But heading to UK cinemas on 2nd February, Jonathan Glazer’s latest offering The Zone Of Interest takes a unique approach to the art of devastation that is as engaging as it is heart-wrenching.In his fourth feature film based on the 2014 novel of the same name, Glazer’s latest release follows the day-to-day life of Auschwitz concentration camp commandant Rudolf Höss, his wife Hedwig, and their five children.

Höss’ position in the Nazi party has led to his family leading an idyllic life that he and Hedwig have dreamed of since they were just 17, as she tends to their sprawling garden and watches the children flourish in nature.

Höss’ work at Auschwitz saw him promoted to deputy inspector of all concentration camps in Oranienberg, leaving his family behind.From this synopsis alone, it may seem a stretch to claim that The Zone Of Interest could be the most horrific film to hit screens this year, but it is in its banality and the mundaneness of the everyday life of the Höss family that the terror of the film lies.