
The Orphanage
A tale of love. A story of horror.
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Release Date
5/20/2007Runtime
105 minsOverview
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
ReleasedOriginal Language
SpanishBudget
$3,400,000Revenue
$78,638,987Homepage
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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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