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The Orphanage

2007 · 105 min

A slow, sorrowful ghost story that wraps you in creeping dread and then breaks your heart.

Tagline
A tale of love. A story of horror.
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • isolation
  • death
  • love
Places
  • single country house
  • sea
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
horror, drama, thriller
Directed by
J. A. Bayona
Written by
Sergio G. Sánchez
Starring
Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla, Andrés Gertrúdix, Edgar Vivar, Óscar Casas
Music
Fernando Velázquez
Cinematography
Óscar Faura
Runtime
105 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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