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The Orphanage

 

 

Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona

Spain-Mexico 2007 / Fantasy / Horror / Gothic Film / Supernatural Horror / 105 min / Color / Dolby  5.1 /2.35: 1  Widescreen Anamorphic / NTSC / In Spanish with Optional Thai and English Subtitles



Geraldine Chaplin, Belén Rueda , Fernando Cayo , Roger Princep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla .

Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro produces director Juan Antonio Bayona's gothic frightener about a long-abandoned orphanage with a particularly troubling past. As a child, young orphan Laura spent her formative years being cared for by the staff of a large orphanage located by the Spanish seaside. Those were some of the happiest years of Laura's life, and now, 30 years later, the former charge returns to the dilapidated institution with her husband, Carlos, and their seven-year-old son, Simon, to reopen the orphanage as a facility for disabled children. However, something ominous haunts the darkened hallways of this silent, stately manor. When Simon's behavior begins to grow increasingly bizarre and malicious, Laura and Carlos start to suspect that the mysterious surroundings have awoken something ominous in the young boy's imagination. It's not long before Laura, too, is drawn into this disturbing web and the repressed memories of the past come flooding back in a terrifying torrent of tension and deeply disturbing revelations. With opening day drawing near and their situation growing increasingly grim by the hour, Carlos attempts to write off Simon's bizarre behavior as a desperate bid to get more attention from his distracted parents. Laura isn't so easily convinced of this theory, though, and soon embarks on a desperate quest to unearth the terrible secret that lurks in the old house, waiting for just the right moment to inflict devastating damage on both her and her family.

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Bonus Features:

"When Laura Grew Up: Constructing the Orphanage"
"Tomas' Secret Room (The filmmakers)"
"Horror in the Unknow: Makeup Effects"
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