The Orphanage
Running Time:
1 hr. 45 min.Release Date:
December 28, 2007Starring:
Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep, Geraldine Chaplin, Montserrat Carulla, (II), Mabel RiveraDirected by:
Juan Antonio Bayona, Patricia Echevarra, Margarita Garcia Rodriguez, Luca A. Giammatteo, Carolina Perez Richard, Jaime Ortiz De Artinano, Javier Ugarte, Naiara Martinez De Marigorta$7M
Box Office Gross
What's The Story
Laura is one of the few movie kids who had a good life at an orphanage. Instead of being abused or having to plead for more gruel, she was nurtured and raised by a loving and caring staff. Now, as an adult, she'd like to see the long-abandoned building put to good use as a health center for disabled children. Laura and Carlos work to get the new center ready, as their seven-year-old son Simon rapidly adds to his stable of imaginary friends. The more Simon speaks of these friends, the more Laura wonders if something deeper and darker is at play. On the day of the big health center opening, Simon goes missing. Desperate for her family to survive, Laura must delve into the orphanage's history and the netherworld she discovers within.Three Good Reasons
- 1It's already been selected as Spain's official submission for next year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
- 2The film is "presented" and produced by Guillermo Del Toro, writer/director of last year's Oscar-winning Pan's Labyrinth.
- 3Belen Rueda won the Goya (Spain's equivalent to the Oscar) for Mar adentro, released here as The Sea Inside.
