The Orphanage
2007 · TMDB 7.2 · El orfanato
Directed by J. A. Bayona
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Why it matters
J.A. Bayona's debut turns a seaside orphanage into a machine for maternal longing: Laura returns to the house where she grew up, adopts a sick child, and loses him to a game that may or may not be played by the dead. The film's ghosts are children, but the figure under pressure i...
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Released
- 2007-05-20
- Studio
- Rodar y Rodar
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- TMDB score
- 7.2
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