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'The Zone of Interest' focuses not on the sights, but on the sounds of the Holocaust

NPR | By Bilal Qureshi

Published February 22, 2024 at 4:05 AM CST

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Sandra Hüller plays a mother who lives next door to Auschwitz in <em>The Zone of Interest.</em> — Sandra Hüller plays a mother who lives next door to Auschwitz in *The Zone of Interest.*

Best Picture Oscar nominee The Zone of Interest is about the horrors of Auschwitz, but opts never to show the violence of the camp on screen. Instead, we hear it through distant soundscapes.