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At His Own Request
In 1949 in Hungary during a dictatorship a mother was jailed, her two-year-old son is taken to a foster home where he receives a new name. His mother is freed after 4 years but she fails to find her son because he received a new identity. She pressures the head of the institute with the help of a journalist friend of hers, to reunite the child with his mother. When the child gets reunited with his own mother he doesn't recognize her.
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In 1949 in Hungary during a dictatorship a mother was jailed, her two-year-old son is taken to a foster home where he receives a new name. His mother is freed after 4 years but she fails to find her son because he received a new identity. She pressures the head of the institute with the help of a journalist friend of hers, to reunite the child with his mother. When the child gets reunited with his own mother he doesn't recognize her.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Adél Takács
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