The Zone of Interest (2023)
Rudolf Höss, the Auschwitz commandant, and his wife Hedwig are determined to cultivate an idyllic life for their family in a quaint home with a garden adjacent to the concentration camp. Amidst the horrific backdrop of their reality, they focus on domesticity and aspirations, creating a stark contrast between their ordinary family life and the atrocities occurring nearby. Their pursuit of normalcy reveals chilling complexities of human nature, as they navigate the moral dissonance between their idyllic existence and the grim world just beyond their garden fence.
