Igitabo cy'amategeko kinyuranye cyerekana ko filime iteye ubwoba "z'abandi", iyakoresha umuyobozi wa Chilian Alejandro Amenabar, azabona rema. Ishusho yarekuwe kuri ecran mu 2001, iteranya miliyoni 209 z'amadolari mu gasanduku k'isi n'imari yoroheje ya miliyoni 17 z'amadolari. Abanegura kandi bakoresheje Amenabar, ndetse no mu bakora Ameniabout bakora Nicole Kidman , wakoze uruhare runini.
Igikorwa cya "Abandi" mu 1945 mu ngoro yitaruye ku kirwa cya Jersey. Hagati mu kuvuga - umugore witwa Grace Stuart (Kidman), we, hamwe n'abana, tegereza ko intambara irangira hanyuma agasubiza umugabo we imbere. Mu gihe cy'igikorwa, intwari yavumbuye ko "abandi" bafite amayobera baba mu nzu ye. Umwe mu bana ubuntu avuga ko yabonye itsinda ry'abantu batazwi mu nzu inshuro nyinshi: umugabo, umugore, umukecuru n'umwana witwa Victor. Aba bantu bavuga ko "inzu ari iya bo."
Amashusho yerekana isi yose yaguze uburenganzira kuri "abandi" mu myidagaduro ya Ssementient. Ntakintu kizwi kubijyanye nigihe cyateganijwe cyo kuvuga.