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Hungarian film "Son of Saul" wins Oscar Best Foreign Language Film Award

Xinhua, February 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Hungarian film "Son of Saul" won the Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards Ceremony on Sunday night.

The film from first-time feature director Laszlo Nemes became the second straight Holocaust drama to win the award. In 2015, Polish film "Ida" won the Oscar statuette of the same category.

The film claimed the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in May and the Golden Globe for best foreign film in January. Endi