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Pop Culture Happy Hour

The Zone Of Interest

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In The Zone of Interest, a German couple and their family live a bucolic life, but over the garden wall lies the Auschwitz concentration camp. The father is one of the chief architects of the Holocaust, and over the course of the film, he and his wife attempt to preserve their compartmentalized lives. But the horrors taking place outside refuse to be held at bay. Directed by Jonathan Glazer, the film is favored to pick up a best picture nomination at the Oscars.

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In the film The Zone of Interest, a German couple and their family make a

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bucolic life for themselves in a well-appointed house with a lush garden. But just

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over the garden wall lies the Auschwitz concentration camp. The father is one of the chief architects of the Holocaust.

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And over the course of the film, he and his wife attempt to preserve their deeply compartmentalize lives,

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but the horrors taking place outside their children's bedrooms refused to be held at bay.

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The film has received praise and its favour to pick up a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.

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I'm Aisha Harris.

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And I'm Glen Weldon and today we're talking about the zone of interest on pop culture

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