Archive Cinema City 2011.

The Abandoned

Ostavljeni

Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Serbia
Year: 2010
Duration: 85 min

Director: Adis Bakrač
Scenario: Zlatko Topčić

Cast: Tony Grga, Mirsad Tuka, Mira Furlan, Dragan Marinković, Zijah Sokolović

Programme selection: Balkan Box

Synopsis:

Thirteen-year-old Alen is growing up in an orphanage in Sarajevo. He dreams of finding his mother, a French war correspondent during the unrest in Yugoslavia – at least that’s what a compassionate carer at the institute claims. In the end he discovers that the truth is quite different from what he expected. Even in Alen’s comparatively short life, things have happened that should not have...

Awards: The Golden Arena for best actor in a leading role (Tony Grga)

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