The Orphanage

El orfanato

2007 | Mexico | Color | 105 min.

Laura spent the happiest years of her childhood growing up in an orphanage by the seaside, cared for by the staff and fellow orphans whom she loved as brothers and sisters. Now, thirty years later, she returns with her husband Carlos and Simon, their 7-year-old son, with a dream of restoring and reopening the long abandoned orphanage as a home for disabled children. The new home and mysterious surroundings awaken Simon?s imagination and the boy starts to spin a web of fantastic tales and not-so-innocent game

Direction: Bayona, Juan Antonio

Script: G. Sánchez, Sergio

Country: Mexico

Production: Agustín, Álvaro | del Toro, Guillermo | Padró, Joaquín | Targarona, Mar

Production Company: Rodar

Photography: Faur, Óscar

Edition: Ruiz, Elena

Sound: Masfernando, Xavier

Music: Velásquez,

Year of participation at FICM:
2007

Films by the same director presented at FICM:

A Monster Calls (2016)

Morelia Film Fest

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