"The Zone of Interest" earns critical acclaim at Cannes for its haunting portrayal of the Holocaust.

"The Zone of Interest" and "Occupied City" are two standout films at the 76th Cannes Film Festival that confront the horrors of Nazism in unflinching yet oblique ways. "The Zone of Interest" is a chilling portrait of a family living in Auschwitz, while "Occupied City" explores the fate of Amsterdam's Jewish population during World War II through a series of devastating accounts. Both films refuse to depict atrocities on screen and instead rely on meticulous sound and visual design to indict their characters and audience.