Unwanted

Sep 14, 2017

1h 25m

★ 8.4

Overview

A lonely boy, who lives in Amsterdam with his refugee mother from Kosovo, keeps getting into trouble while yearning for her acceptance. But the traumas caused by the war, which his mother hides away from him, turn his world upside down.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Asfalt Films

1244

De Productie

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Cast

Zana

Adriana Matoshi

Alban

Jason de Ridder

Ana

Niki Verkaar

Rudi

Hugo Koolschijn

Sandra

Celia Nufaar

Agim

Besnik Krapi

Besim

Bislim Muçaj

Taxi driver

Shkumbin Istrefi

Zoran

Edon Rizvanolli

Ilse

Lilja Björk Hermannsdottir

Erik

Dennis Overeem

Liria

Xhejlane Tërbunja

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