Abandoned
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Attila Zsilák, Imre Thúri, Péter Müller, Szabolcs Csizmadia, Tamás Mészáros Director: Árpád Sopsits Cinematographer: Péter Szatmári Writer: Árpád Sopsits Editor: Béla Barsi Producer: Ferenc Kardos Producer: László Kántor DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: Hungarian (Original Language); Hungarian (Published) Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Picture Format: 1.66:1 Running Time: 100 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-12-10 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Picture This |
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Movie Reviews of Abandoned
Movie Review: Powerful and impactful.
Summary: 5 Stars
Like many in America, I'm one who enjoys venturing away from the all-too-common Hollywood films that are filled with flashy violence, gangs, killings, (mostly done with special effects).... and of course an unending supply of four letter words in nearly every situation imaginable.
Yet foreign films often tend to derive their impact more from a sense of 'realism', and that is precisely what this film "Abandoned" ("Torzok") does.
Most of us would like to believe that a Hungarian orphanage such as the one depicted in this film could never exist. But they have.... and likely still do.
Some of the scenes I've read about in other reviews of this film have often been referred to as sexual, and I hardly see this as such. Most of us cannot begin to imagine what it must be like.... as a very small child being tossed into a world of sheer abandonment from any sense of security or love from family. But that is precisely what these children represent.... and a kiss between two little boys who share a bed after one has had a horrendous nightmare - - I can hardly imagine why one would consider this sexual.
There are many chilling scenes in this film.... most notably the whipping of one boy by other boys (against their will).
I was also deeply disturbed by the way the orphanage leader lied to the blonde-haired youngster, by bribing him with a lie about the child's brother. This is something I've reflected back upon with this film, and it bothered me as much, if not more than the physical abuse we see. Because as devastating as physical abuse may be.... nothing can compare to destroying the trust of a child in a moment of utter despair and vulnerability, (not only was the boy naked, he needed a reason at that very moment to believe and to have hope), and this trust is literally shattered with a false promise.
After renting this dvd, I have hesitated to purchase this film... because of the haunting effect it has on our inner-being. It forces me to wonder why one child in this world is fortunate - - - and another's fate is doomed before he's even given a chance to truly live. Perhaps I feel guilt in being one of the "fortunate" ones.