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PRODUCTION TEAM
Director :
�rp�d Sopsits
Script :
�rp�d Sopsits
Photography :
P�ter Szatm�ri
Editor :
B�la Barsi
Cast :
Tam�s M�sz�ros, Szabolcs Csizmadia, Attila Zsil�k, P�ter M�ller, Imre Th�ri, Kriszti�n T�th, Zolt�n N�dh�zi, P�l M�csai, L�szl� G�lffi, D�ra L�tay, Tam�s Fodor
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ABANDONED
In 1960 Hungary was still deep in the depression that followed the failed anti-Communist revolt of 1956. �ron Soproni is 9 and his parents have divorced. He is in the custody of his father who is incapable of assuming his paternal duties. �ron's father drags him to a grim boys home in the country. �ron endures his initiation, the punishments of his peers and a sadistic teacher who censors his letters. �ron is desperately unhappy. Gradually, however, he begins to find a few friends in the place, each of them similarly unhappy. The institution is run by a tyrannical director whose deputy is a sadist and barely concealed pedophile. �ron's only friends among the staff are the good-looking matron, whom the boys spy on while she showers, and another teacher who has been imprisoned himself for political reasons. �ron dreams of other places and better times, a dream he shares with five other boys. They plot their escape..."Grim but finely crafted autobiographical reminiscence of childhood that is hauntingly effective. Centring on a luminous central performance from young Tam�s M�sz�ros as the 9-year-old protagonist... ABANDONED is both moving and inspiring." -- David Stratton (Variety)
�rp�d Sopsits
Born in Szeged, Hungary in 1952, �rp�d Sopsits graduated from Debrecen University in cultural studies and library science. He worked at the philosophy institute of the Budapest Medical University before graduating from the Academy of Theatre and Film in 1980. After directing two short films -- Free Pass into the Bomb Crater (1978), and Grand Caf� Niagara (1980) -- he made his feature debut in 1990 with SHOOTING GALLERY, shown at the Montreal World Film Festival. He has since directed VIDEO BLUES (1992), LEADING MAN (1996) and FLY TRAP (1998).
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