Son of Saul continues its streak as the best foreign film of 2015, winning the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. Son Of Saul, the winner of Grand Prix at the Cannes, Film Festival is the directorial debut of Lászlo Nemes. October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of Sonderkommando – the Jewish prisoners’ unit isolated from the rest of the camp. They are in charge of taking other prisoners to gas chambers and burning corpses. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul finds the body of a boy and is convinced it is his son. Shaking off his lethargy, he decides to secretly arrange a real Jewish funeral for the boy. While other members of Sonderkommando are planning to rebel and escape, Saul takes upon himself the impossible mission of saving the boy’s body from the flames. To this end, he makes his way through the concentration camp in search of a rabi who would perform the ritual.
The winners at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards
Best motion picture, drama
“The Revenant”
Best motion picture, musical or comedy
“The Martian”
Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama
Brie Larson, “Room”
After winning the category of BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA for her role in “Room,” actress Brie Larson poses backstage in the press room with her Golden Globe Award at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”
Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, drama
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture
Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”
Best performance by actress in a supporting role in a motion picture
Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs”
Best director, motion picture
Alejandro González Iñárritu, “The Revenant”
Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Matt Damon, “The Martian”
Best screenplay, motion picture
Aaron Sorkin, “Steve Jobs”
Best original score, motion picture
Ennio Morricone, “The Hateful Eight”
Best motion picture, animated
“Inside Out”
Best original song, motion picture
“Writing’s on the Wall,” “Spectre”
Best motion picture, foreign language
“Son of Saul”
Best television series, drama
“Mr. Robot,” USA
Best television series, musical or comedy
“Mozart in the Jungle,” Amazon Video
Best television limited series or motion picture made for television
“Wolf Hall,” PBS
Best performance by an actor in a television series, drama
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Best performance by an actor in a television series, musical or comedy
Gael García Bernal, “Mozart in the Jungle”
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television
Oscar Isaac, “Show Me a Hero”
Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television
Christian Slater, “Mr. Robot”
Best performance by an actress in a TV series, drama
Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television
Maura Tierney, “The Affair”
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television
Lady Gaga, “American Horror Story: Hotel”
Best performance by an actress in a television series, musical or comedy
Rachel Bloom, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”
image: For BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM, the Golden Globe is awarded to “Son of Saul” (Hungary), directed by László Nemes. (L-R) Actors Levente Molnar and Geza Rohrig, director Laszlo Nemes, producers Gabor Sipos and Gabor Rajna pose with the award backstage in the press room at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
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