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Orfanato, El (2007)

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User Rating: 7.8/10 (14,278 votes)
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Overview

Writer:
Sergio G. Sánchez (screenplay)
Release Date:
11 January 2008 (USA) more view trailer
Tagline:
Un cuento de amor. Una historia de terror (A tale of love. A story of horror)
Plot:
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, where she opens an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Plot Keywords:
Haunted House | Bathroom | Basement | Hiv | Medium more
Awards:
30 wins & 23 nominations more
User Comments:
A scary and touching movie more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Belén Rueda ... Laura

Fernando Cayo ... Carlos
Roger Príncep ... Simón
Mabel Rivera ... Pilar
Montserrat Carulla ... Benigna
Andrés Gertrúdix ... Enrique

Edgar Vivar ... Balaban
Óscar Casas ... Tomás
Mireia Renau ... Laura Girl
Georgina Avellaneda ... Rita
Carla Gordillo Alicia ... Martín
Alejandro Campos ... Víctor
Carmen López ... Alicia
Óscar Lara ... Guillermo
Geraldine Chaplin ... Aurora
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Orphanage (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some disturbing content.
Runtime:
105 min
Country:
Mexico | Spain
Language:
Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS
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Trivia:
Spain's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008). more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Pilar describes the old cine film that Laura views as 8mm, but when we see the projector, the film is actually 16mm. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-01-05)" (2008) more

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38 out of 57 people found the following comment useful:-
A scary and touching movie, 15 October 2007
8/10
Author: VBFHENRM from Spain

I saw it yesterday and I loved it.

It is a really and interesting story about a mother and her missing kid. I think the best of this movie is the brave sense of motherhood. Not only the sense of panic and sorrow after the missing is really well developed but also the courage of a mother who only wants his son comes back.

A good movie for all horror fans with really great scary moments and a touching and powerful ending.

Maybe it is not the best horror movie but it is made with emotion and sensibility and I think it deserves a vision.

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