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Cannes gives runner-up Grand Prize to Holocaust drama 'Son of Saul'

Laszlo Nemes

The harrowing Holocaust drama "Son of Saul", offering unflinching depictions of the gas chambers of Auschwitz, claimed the runner-up Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.

"This continent is still haunted by this subject," said Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes, accepting the award.