Valan: Valley of Angels (2019) Synopsis

The story kicks off in 1989 amidst the chaos of the Romanian revolution. Juli, a 13-year-old girl, disappears from Valan, a mining town in Transylvania. No one can find her, alive or dead. Twenty-two years later, her brother Péter is investigating human trafficking cases in the city of Brasov as a police detective. He has devoted his life to looking for missing women. He sees his sister in every girl he saves. One day he finds out that a dead girl's body has been found in his hometown, on a snow-capped mountain. Could it be his sister's body? After a long absence, he returns to Valan, where he has to face the shadows of the past that have haunted him since his childhood. The mystery could be solved in a way no one expects. A suspenseful psychological thriller. A completely new voice in Hungarian filmmaking.

The story kicks off in 1989 amidst the chaos of the Romanian revolution. Juli, a 13-year-old girl, disappears from Valan, a mining town in Transylvania. No one can find her, alive or dead. Twenty-two years later, her brother Péter is investigating human trafficking cases in the city of Brasov as a police detective. He has devoted his life to looking for missing women. He sees his sister in every girl he saves. One day he finds out that a dead girl's body has been found in his hometown, on a snow-capped mountain. Could it be his sister's body? After a long absence, he returns to Valan, where he has to face the shadows of the past that have haunted him since his childhood. The mystery could be solved in a way no one expects. A suspenseful psychological thriller. A completely new voice in Hungarian filmmaking.

Published Time: 2022-03-10 20:20:13