A haunting and heartbreaking plot full of unimaginable scares and creeping, undefined dread; Juan Antonio Bayona's astounding debut The Orphanage stands as one of the most beautiful and moving horror movies in recent history. Adopting seven-year-old, sweet natured, and imaginative Simon (Roger Princep) has awoken complex .. Read more
| Starring | Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep, Mabel Rivera |
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| Director | Juan Antonio Bayona |
| Genres | Horror, World Cinema |
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A haunting and heartbreaking plot full of unimaginable scares and creeping, undefined dread; Juan Antonio Bayona's astounding debut The Orphanage stands as one of the most beautiful and moving horror movies in recent history.
Adopting seven-year-old, sweet natured, and imaginative Simon (Roger Princep) has awoken complex feelings in happily married Laura (Belen Rueda). Having been adopted herself and feeling a need for closure, Laura persuades her husband Carlos (Fernando Cayo) to buy the dilapidated institute where she spent the earliest, happiest, years of her life and reopen the orphanage as a facility for disabled children. As they move in to the silent, stately manor where something ominous haunts the darkened hallways, Simon's behaviour becomes increasingly reserved and malevolent. Carlos pins Simon's actions as a desperate bid to get more attention from his distracted parents but Laura isn't convinced and embarks on a desperate quest to unearth the terrible secret that lurks in the old house.
| Starring | Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla, Edgar Vivar |
|---|---|
| Director | Juan Antonio Bayona |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 50 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Hot Hits |
| Genres | Horror, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Spanish Blu-ray: Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 21 Jul 2008 Blu-ray: 21 Jul 2008 Production year: 2007 |
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