The Orphanage (2007)
- Starring:
- Geraldine Chaplin, Belén Rueda, (more)
- Director(s):
- Juan Antonio Bayona
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro produces director Juan Antonio Bayona's gothic frightener about a long-abandoned orphanage with a particularly troubling past. As a child, young orphan Laura spent her formative years being cared for by the staff of a large orphanage located by the Spanish seaside. Those were some of the happiest years of Laura's life, and now, 30 years later, the former charge returns to the dilapidated institution with her husband, Carlos, and their seven-year-old son, Simon, to reopen the orphanage as a facility for disabled children. However, something ominous haunts the darkened hallways of this silent, stately manor. When Simon's behavior begins to grow increasingly bizarre and malicious, Laura and Carlos start to suspect that the mysterious surroundings have awoken something ominous in the young boy's imagination. It's not long before Laura, too, is drawn into this disturbing web and the repressed memories of the past come flooding back in a terrifying torrent of tension and deeply disturbing revelations. With opening day drawing near and their situation growing increasingly grim by the hour, Carlos attempts to write off Simon's bizarre behavior as a desperate bid to get more attention from his distracted parents. Laura isn't so easily convinced of this theory, though, and soon embarks on a desperate quest to unearth the terrible secret that lurks in the old house, waiting for just the right moment to inflict devastating damage on both her and her family. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 105 mins
Complete Cast:
- Geraldine Chaplin - Aurora
- Fernando Cayo - Carlos
- Mabel Rivera - Pilar
- Andres Gertrudix - Enrique
- Oscar Casas - Tomás
- Georgina Avellaneda - Rita
- Alejandro Camps - Victor
- Oscar Lara - Guillermo
- Blanca Martínez - Woman in Group Therapy
- Isabel Friera - Antonia Nurse
- Jordi Cardus - Blind Kid
- Belén Rueda - Laura
- Roger Princep - Simón
- Montserrat Carulla - Benigna
- Edgar Vivar - Balaban
- Mireia Renau - Laura Girl
- Carla Gordillo - Martín
- Carmen Lopez - Alicia
- Enric Arquimbau - Group Therapist
- Carol Suárez - Young Benigna
- Fernando Marriot - Doctor
- Pedro Morales - Father 2
- Director(s):
- Juan Antonio Bayona
- Writer(s):
- Andres Gertrudix, Edgar Vivar, Sergio Sanchez
- Producer(s):
- Mar Targarona, Belen Atienza, Joaquín Augustín
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Horror
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- 2007 - The Orphanage - Goya Awards - Best Makeup and Hair
- 2007 - The Orphanage - Goya Awards - Best Executive/Line Producer
- 2007 - The Orphanage - Goya Awards - Best Makeup and Hair
- 2007 - The Orphanage - Goya Awards - Best Special Effects
- 2007 - The Orphanage - Goya Awards - Best Sound
- 2007 - The Orphanage - Goya Awards - Best Art Direction
- 2007 - The Orphanage - Goya Awards - Best Sound
- 2007 - The Orphanage - Goya Awards - Best Sound
- 2007 - The Orphanage - Goya Awards - Best New Director
- 2007 - The Orphanage - Ohio Film Critics - Best Cinematography






