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The Orphanage
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.
2007 · Directed by J. A. Bayona · 105 min · Horror · Drama · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
A tale of love. A story of horror.
Crew
- Screenplay: Sergio G. Sánchez
- Cinematography: Óscar Faura
- Edited by: Elena Ruiz
- Music: Fernando Velázquez
- Produced by: Álvaro Augustín, Mar Targarona, Joaquín Padró
Cast
- Belén Rueda as Laura
- Fernando Cayo as Carlos
- Roger Príncep as Simón
- Mabel Rivera as Pilar
- Montserrat Carulla as Benigna
- Andrés Gertrúdix as Enrique
- Edgar Vivar as Balaban
- Óscar Casas as Tomás
- Geraldine Chaplin as Aurora
- Carmen López as Alicia
Production
- Country: Spain
- Language: Spanish
- Studios: Rodar y Rodar, Telecinco Cinema
- Budget: $3,400,000
- Box office: $78,638,987
- Themes: beach, wife, suppressed past, orphanage, cave, medium, haunted house, imaginary friend, gothic horror, missing child
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