Filmmaker Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest earned a six-minute standing ovation following its world premiere. It is the director's fourth feature film after Sexy Beast, Birth, and Under the Skin. 

According to Variety, this has been the most ecstatic response at Cannes so far. Glazer's film is simple and challenging as it tells the story of the commandant of Auschwitz and his wife, who have created their dream home directly next to the concentration camp.

The report notes how they are indifferent to the constant screams of prisoners, gunshots, and smoke from the gas chambers that haunt their home. The film is loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis.

The director noted that the intention was to capture the capacity of violence within us. According to Variety, Glazer said, "The great crime and tragedy is that human beings did this to other human beings. It's very convenient to distance ourselves from them as much as we can because we think we don't behave that way, but we should be less certain than that."