Abandonment Movies

Luca visits his frail Nan on her deathbed, and reflects on their shared past through a series of vivid memories.

In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.

Eric lives in a correctional facility. He tries to rebuild his relationship with his mother so he can live with her again when he turns 18. When she...

Chile, 1974. A mother, her son, and a couple of men take refuge in a rural mansion, fleeing from a past marked by fear. The unexpected arrival of the...

A retired truck driver reflects on a life spent on the road while his children explore the emotional toll of his absence, honouring the unsung heroes...

Dumped unceremoniously by his wife, Nikhil tries to figure what to do with his wife's dog while trying to figure his own depression and abandonment.

During the end of the world, two best friends walk around their city, talking about their sex lives, and one of them reveals they are still a virgin.

Dayane suddenly leaves. Her mother Marluce, her sister Mariana and her fiancé Antônio stay. Between the incessant search, silent...

Khao Niao, a young girl, is left at her relatives' house by her mother. Although she is surrounded by familiar faces, she still feels very lonely and...

The Rastreadoras de El Fuerte are a group of mothers of disappeared persons in northern Sinaloa who, in the absence of the authorities, twice a week...

Thibaut, 40, raises his 7-year-old son, Gabriel, whom he adopted in Africa, alone. Faced with the crisis his son is going through, he decides to...

Elías is a boy who faces abandonment by his mother, but is willing to do everything to see her again.

A gothic tale of mysticism and violent crime. Two women go out into the fringe of rural culture to seek a revelation. They get trapped in a fierce...

Sabine and Natacha are 22. They live ‘here’, in the sticks, next door to each other. One day, Natacha has an opportunity: leave...

“The Moon Is Essentially Gray” is a 3-minute CG animated short about a young child, her makeshift rocket, and her fantastic flight to the...

Emilio is a lifelong farmer in his eighties who lives alone on his abandoned farm. Everyone close is gone. One animal is all there is left. Today is...

No matrimony is ever complete without the vow "Till death do us part". In Mohammed's case; it is till Eternity.

John, Ryan, and Phil are heading off to Milwaukee for a designer's conference but during their panic, they leave Phil behind at the office. To make...

John, a baby who has never been without his parents, spends nine days in a nursery without them.