EL ORFANATO - THE ORPHANAGE (Spain)
The Story:
Laura (Belén Rueda) spent the happiest years of her childhood growing up in an orphanage by the seaside, cared for by the staff and fellow orphans whom she loved as brothers and sisters.
Now, thirty years later, she returns with her husband Carlos (Fernando Cayo) and Simon (Roger Príncep), their 7-year-old son, with a dream of restoring and reopening the long abandoned orphanage as a home for disabled children.
Shortly after they move, Simon begins telling his parents of several new invisible friends that he has made, which his parents attribute to an overactive imagination coupled with isolation from other children his age. When a strange elderly woman shows up at the house claiming to be a social worker and asking questions about Simón, then turns up again in the backyard one night.
On the day of the party welcoming the school's new residents,Laura has a disturbing encounter with a mysterious child wearing a burlap mask, she realizes that Simon has gone missing.
Convinced both that she's seen a ghost and that the old woman has something to do with
Simón's disappearance, Laura begins to consult with paranormal expert Aurora (Geraldine Chaplin) after the authorities fail to locate him.
Starring:
Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin, Montserrat Carulla, Mabel Rivera, Roger Príncep
Directed By:
Juan Antonio Bayona
Release:
2008
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