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Orphan

2025 · 132 min

A harrowing, immersive plunge into postwar trauma, where every frame feels haunted and the past never loosens its grip.

Directed by
László Nemes
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bojtorján Barabas, Grégory Gadebois, Andrea Waskovics
Overview
A young boy after the Hungarian uprising of 1956, raised by his mother with the tale of an idealized dead father, has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true parent.

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Directed by
László Nemes
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bojtorján Barabas, Grégory Gadebois, Andrea Waskovics
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • trauma
  • grief
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
László Nemes, Clara Royer
Starring
Bojtorján Barabas, Grégory Gadebois, Andrea Waskovics, Marcin Czarnik, Elíz Szabó, Gyorgy Bojtik, Gábor Iványi, Soma Sándor
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
132 min
Country
France, Germany, Hungary, United Kingdom, Cyprus
Languages
Hungarian

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