'Son of Saul' director says Oscar could be 'poisoned gift'

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Winning an Oscar could be a "poisoned gift" and it will take a great effort to avoid being crushed by the honor, the director of the Hungarian film that won the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, said Wednesday.

Nemes said that concentrating on one person, a Jewish prisoner forced to dispose of victims in a Nazi death camp, was important to him to "understand the individual."