Strange Forest

Strange Forest

2014•1h 15m

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.

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Production

Nezavisni Filmski Centar Kino Klub Novi Sad, Atalanta

Language

SR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jovan Belobrković

Hermina G. Erdélyi

Vladimir Grbić

Momak iz agencije

Nenad Jezdić

Nenad Jezdić

Robert 'Bob' Tilly

Siniša Tucić

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