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7.6/10   261 votes
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Director:
Árpád Sopsits
Writer:
Árpád Sopsits (writer)
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Release Date:
25 October 2001 (Hungary) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
12 wins more
User Comments:
generic boy story takes a dark twist more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Tamás Mészáros ... Soproni Áron
Szabolcs Csizmadia ... Heltai Attila
Attila Zsilák ... Máté
Péter Müller ... Seprõdi
Imre Thúri ... Csontos
Krisztián Tóth ... Hajós
Zoltán Nádházi ... Váradi
Pál Mácsai ... Csapó
László Gálffi ... Nyitrai
Dóra Létay ... Marika
Tamás Fodor ... Igazgató
Sándor Gáspár ... Apa
Krisztina Somogyi ... Anya
Lajos Kovács ... Józsi bá
László Szabó ... Rendõr
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Abandoned (International: English title)
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
Hungary
Language:
Hungarian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Singapore:M18

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generic boy story takes a dark twist, 28 September 2005
8/10
Author: BenBolt3 from United States

This is a haunting and ultimately powerful film but its punch comes only at the end. In outline the story is fairly conventional and it chugs along at an easy pace. All the expected features are there: boy in happy childhood suddenly cast into desperate circumstances, missing parents, kindly adults,cruel adults, the physical punishments, the hazing then the bonding to the brotherhood,the sexual awakening-they are all there. But two themes emerge which are to lead to the darkest of conclusions: religion in the form of a boy that prays almost incessantly, and Aron's (the central figure) introduction to science by a kindly teacher. Aron rejects religion as solace and takes the meteorite the teacher gives him as a kind of talisman and secretly pours over a map of the stars he is also given. Having failed a cruel task, Aron and several other boys who are out of favor with the headmaster, are forced to give up their leave. Aron decides to lead the boys in an escape which results in tragedy. Arons abandonment of all hope in the final scenes are as dark and as poignant as one will see.

The performances are excellent all around,and the fine score is supportive of the story as is the bleakness of the location,

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