Hungary Cannes Sensation May Help Country Face Dark Past

The makers of the award-winning Hungarian film Son of Saul said on Thursday they want as many Hungarians as possible to see it in a country that has been plagued by anti-Semitism and xenophobia. The film -- the tale of a Jewish "Sonderkommando" death camp worker who finds a corpse he believes is his son's and sets his mind to burying him amid the horrors -- won the jury's Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival this month. It will be released in at least 48 countries...

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