Abandoned

Aug 28, 2001

1h 42m

★ 6.0

Overview

Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best for Áron without consulting the young boy's opinion, and the boy finds himself thrown out of his warm home into an orphanage in the woods. He's utterly displeased by what's happening, without knowing he has yet to face much worse...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Budapest Filmstúdió

Duna Televízió

Abandoned Trailers

Cast

Soproni Áron

Tamás Mészáros

Heltai Attila

Szabolcs Csizmadia

Máté

Attila Zsilák

Seprődi

Péter Müller

Csontos

Imre Thúri

Hajós

Krisztián Tóth

Váradi

Zoltán Nádházi

Csapó

Pál Mácsai

Nyitrai

László Gálffi

Marika

Dóra Létay

Director

Tamás Fodor

Apa

Sándor Gáspár

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