The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Based on the 2014 Martin Amis novel of the same name, director Jonathon Glazer (Under the Skin, Sexy Beast) delivers a brilliant, yet disturbing film that dispassionately examines the ordinary existence of people complicit in unforgivable crimes.
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