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The Abandoned (2006)
Marie, a film producer, returns to her native Russia to find her birth parents. She quickly learns they are dead, and she has inherited their long-empty farmhouse. At the farm, she meets Nicolai, who claims to be her twin brother. Events take a terrifying turn when the two spot a pair of ghastly doppelgangers and the house itself seems to propel them toward a fate they should have met 40 years earlier.
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Marie, a film producer, returns to her native Russia to find her birth parents. She quickly learns they are dead, and she has inherited their long-empty farmhouse. At the farm, she meets Nicolai, who claims to be her twin brother. Events take a terrifying turn when the two spot a pair of ghastly doppelgangers and the house itself seems to propel them toward a fate they should have met 40 years earlier.
Rating:R
Genre:Horror, Thriller
Written By:Richard Stanley, Karim Hussain, Nacho Cerdà
In Theaters:9/11/2006
Box Office:$4,529,892
Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:
Cast
Nacho Cerdà
Director
Anastasia Hille
Marie Jones
Karel Roden
Nicolai
Valentin Ganev
Andrei Misharin / Kolya Kaidavosky
Paraskeva Djukelova
Marie's Mother
Carlos Reig-Plaza
Anatoliy
Marta Yaneva
Natalya
Jasmina Marinova
Patriarch's Wife
Svetlana Smoleva
Bearded Patriarch's wife '1966'
Anna Panayotova
Bearded Patriarch's daughter '1966'
Monica Baunova
Emily
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