Strange Forest

Strange Forest

2014 · 75 min · Drama

After sending their son to rehab from drug abuse, they find out that he has run away from the rehab center and that he has a dept to a local drug boss, which may be the reason he is on the run. His parents start blaming each other for their son's mistakes, and the father decides to leave their family home. In the next few days they both are trying to find their son, and they both face the brutal reality of life in Serbia on their own way.

Directed by Szabolcs Tolnai · Written by Judita Šalgo

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