The Orphanage

The Orphanage

A tale of love. A story of horror.

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Release Date

5/20/2007

Runtime

105 mins

Overview

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

$3,400,000

Revenue

$78,638,987

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A haunting portrait of maternal love and denial that uses ghostly apparitions to excavate psychological wounds. The film moves between tenderness and genuine dread, building toward a deeply unsettling emotional reckoning.

Mood

MelancholicUnsettlingDread-soaked

Themes

GriefFamilyMemoryComing apart

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistPainterlyHigh-contrast

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Child endangermentSuicide and self-harm

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