Abandoned

2006,

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Anastasia Hille		Marie Jones
Karel Roden		Nicolai
Valentin Ganev		Andrei Misharin/Kolya Kaidavosky
Paraskeva Djukelova		Marie's Mother
Carlos Reig-Plaza		Anatoliy
Kalin Arsov		Bearded Russian Patriarch Man '1966'
Svetlana Smoleva		Bearded Patriarch's wife '1966'
Anna Panayotova		Bearded Patriarch's daughter '1966'
Jordanka Angelova		Blind Woman 'present day'
Valentin Goshev		Patriarch - present day
Jasmina Marinova		Patriarch's Wife
Monica Baunova		Emily
Marta Yaneva		Natalya

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Nacho Cerdà |

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IMDB Rating:

5.90 out of 10 (3388 votes)

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Story Summary:	A film producer who was adopted as a baby and sent to America, returns to her native Russia and the family farm. Once there, strange things begin to happen including the disappearance of her guide, the manifestation of ghosts (including her own!) and the appearance of another man who has been drawn to the farm for the same reasons.
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Title:	Arrow In The Head's movie review of The Abandoned: Anastasia Hille ...
Original:	http://www.joblo.com/arrow/reviews.php?id=1126

Summary:	Producer dame Marie (Anastasia Hille) returns to Russia where she's coaxed into re-visiting the old house that she grew up in. Once there, she hooks up with the mysterious Nicolai (Karel Roden) and together they attempt to find out the truth about the house, their past and the hardcore hauntings going on in this Zoo. There wasn�t one chunk of celluloid that divided the crowd more (at the Sitges Film Festival where I initially saw the film) than Nacho Cerda�s long awaited feature length debut The Abandoned (now seeing the US big screens on the 23rd of February 2007). It was truly a love it or hate it affair in terms of most of the people I talked to after the screening and in my book that�s usually the sign of a film that at least stands out. For this lowly horror fan the stern, steel hook that pierced my flesh and reeled me into The Abandoned�s twisted world was Cerda�s badass skills behind the blood stained lens! Visually, not only were the settings ideal in terms of horror loving (creepy house, a ominous lake, a menacing wooden area) but the style at hand made it all happen as well. Tag to that effectual tension laced bits which often played against conventions to whoop that ass, an endearing knack at using images to tell the story, deliciously macabre imagery all around (loved those The Beyond -esque Doppelgangers), awe inspiring cinematography and intrusive sound design that made sure to keep me immersed in the happenings and you get a heavy hitter aesthetics wise. The characters and the meat on their bones hit pay dirt as well. I found lots to boogie to while accompanying these well rounded �adults� on a trek for the ugly truth. It definitely jacked up the stakes that the performers in the house were bang on all around. I was feeling it and then some! With that praised and praised what was my beef with this puppy then? Well, I did find the first act a tad sluggish; some snip down would�ve been appreciated. There is just so much you can take as to witnessing some dame walk down creepy hallways before it gets tedious. The character of Nicolai knowing EVERYTHING didn�t do it for me either. I found his expositional vomiting obvious and clumsy. And was I the only one not 100% on what the heck went down here as the end credits rolled? I got the jest of it but when looking back at it, some things didn�t hold up and some plot holes seem to surface. Finally the flick did suffer from the not knowing when to end syndrome. It dragged for a bit too long with its finale for my liking, losing some of its oomph in the process. . . . read all

Title:	The Abandoned Movie
Original:	http://www.wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com/movie_reviews_the_abandoned.html

Summary:	She soon learns that her parents are both long dead and that she has inherited her family's house, which happens to be totally secluded out in the middle of nowhere, deep in the forests of a very remote area of Russia. She hires a guide and ventures to her newfound home in search of clues. When she arrives at the house, it's been abandoned and uninhabited for 40 years, so it's in total disrepair. She soon meets a mysterious man who claims to be her twin brother and together, they find out that the house holds many secrets to a past neither of them remember. They are forced to relive a series of horrifying events and shocking murders that occurred shortly after they were born. The house (or perhaps the possessing spirit of the house) remembers everything that took place there. It also remembers that these two twins were supposed to die there as well. So, now that they're back home, it can finally have its wish. However, this movie was just terrible. The weak storyline and plot left much to be desired; there was hardly any dialogue throughout the entire movie (in fact, if I were to add it all up, the script couldn't have been more than a few pages) and the plot twists were just confusing. Overall, I am very surprised that "The Abandoned" was wide-released in theaters. "The Abandoned" is a mysterious ghost story about an American film producer named Marie (Anastasia Hille) who returns to her homeland, Russia where her mother's dead body has been found under bizarre circumstances. She never knew her, having been adopted and brought to America as a baby. The only clue as to what might have happened is an isolated, abandoned farm in the mountains that supposedly belong to her natural parents. Being the only next of kin, she inherits the place, however no one will take her there as the local superstitions state that the area is. Only one man will embark on such a dangerous and long journey. A stranger that oddly seems to know quite a bit about her history. Once they arrived the guide mysteriously disappears, forcing Marie to explore the derelict location alone. She discovers someone else on the property. A man named Nikolai (Karel Roden), who claims to have been lured there exactly in the same manner, so he could discover the truth behind his unknown past as well. They become stranded in the immense compound, plagued by terrifying, ghostly visions of THEMSELVES. Dead versions of themselves marauder between the buildings in the night and time begins to move in reverse as history re-lives itself in front of their very eyes. While both their ghosts, illustrating how they will die wander and patiently await their living counterparts to expire. . . . read all

Title:	THE ABANDONED movie review
Original:	http://www.feoamante.com/Movies/ABC/Abandon.html

Summary:	American audiences are accustomed to Hollywood movies about an American abroad who runs into Merry Mishaps of the dark kind. Perhaps that's why, for THE ABANDONED , Spanish filmmakers decided to make a movie about an American abroad too. Amazingly enough, they don't paint the American tourist in the same broad cartoonish colors that Hollywood has been portraying them, lo these last 25 or so years. Then again, I was intrigued to see that Spain and Russia, at least in this movie, have a better understanding of just what an American is, than their Hollywood counterparts. The movie begins with narration, and while I usually despise opening narration, this time, in a young girl's voice, we hear the reason for a journey that isn't exposition, and would have taken far too long to show. The narration is almost lyrical, and very brief, speaking over vistas of forests and mountains. It sets the tone for what is to come, without explaining why. In short, it draws you in. Sold as a Russian orphan in the 1960s, she's been forever separated from her own parents and, in a virtual sense, orphaned from her own daughter: the two are nearly strangers to each other - not out of dislike - but emotional distance. This is effectively communicated in a very brief phone call that speaks volumes in just a few short sentences. Marie has spent the past few decades involved with trying to find her real parents, an obssession that apparently ate up the time she could have been spending with her own child. There is no mention of her daughter's father, Marie has made herself alone in the world, totally directed toward the past. In a Russian Notary's office, she finally comes across the papers she's always searched for, with all the information she needs. Except she doesn't speak or read Russian. Within days she has made it to her destination. Marie is not impressed with the locals who are surely and rude. Her driver, Anatolyi ( Carlos Reig: SELVA ROJA, ROMA SANTA ) abandons her at her old birth home with no way to return except by foot, and Marie discovers what a dump it is that she's inherited. The interior is becoming exterior as the house slowly returns to the earth and nature. Big kudos to set designer Tzvetana Yankova. The entire environment of the house is nearly breathtaking in its decay. . . . read all

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