The film is set in Transylvania in the 1920s, a region that was then part of Romania under the peace treaties following the First World War. The protagonist, Abel, is a resourceful teenage boy who is forced to leave his parents and his home because of poverty. His father accompanies him to the snowy mountains, where he is the guardian of a forest owned by the bank of a neighbouring town, where he oversees the firewood that is being harvested. Up there, he has only himself to rely on. Áron Tamási's beautiful story is about the relationship between man and nature, man and man.
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Levente Illyés
Ábel
Also in
Abel in the Country
Abel in America
Anna Széles
Anya
Also in
Forest of the Hanged
The Cyclists Are Coming
György Selmeczi
Sándor Mihályfy
Levente Ilyés
Ábel
János Drabik
Sándor Kányádi
Sándor Héjja
Apa
Also in
Pheasant Tomorrow
Plus-Minus One Day
Áron Tamási
Árpád Lukács
András Csiky
Bankigazgató
Also in
Forest of the Hanged
The Stud Farm
Dumitru Pohus
Sándor Mihályfy Director · Áron Tamási Writer Sándor Kányádi Writer
First release September 7, 1994
Languages
Original language
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · September 7, 1994
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No release date listed for United States.
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