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Genre | Horror, Drama |
Format | Color, Widescreen, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled |
Contributor | Mireia Renau, Geraldine Chaplin, Montserrat Carulla, Mabel Rivera, Juan Antonio Bayona, Blanca Martínez, Fernando Velázquez, Enric Arquimbau, Belén Rueda, Edgar Vivar, Georgina Avellaneda, Óscar Lara, Roger Príncep, Fernando Cayo, Andrés Gertrúdix, Oscar Faura, Carla Gordillo, Carmen López, Alejandro Camps, Óscar Casas See more |
Language | Spanish |
Runtime | 1 hour and 45 minutes |
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Orphanage, The (WS/DVD)
The Orphanage centers on Laura (Belén Rueda) who purchases her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. Once there, Laura discovers that the new environment awakens her son's imagination, but the ongoing fantasy games he plays with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing. Upon seeing her family increasingly threatened by the strange occurrences in the house, Laura looks to a group of parapsychologists for help in unraveling the mystery that has taken over the place.
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.88 ounces
- Item model number : 3711986
- Director : Juan Antonio Bayona
- Media Format : Color, Widescreen, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 45 minutes
- Release date : April 22, 2008
- Actors : Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Language : Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), Unqualified, Spanish (DTS ES 6.1)
- Studio : WarnerBrothers
- ASIN : B0015ET3YO
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #26,124 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #113 in Foreign Films (Movies & TV)
- #316 in Fantasy DVDs
- #865 in Horror (Movies & TV)
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2008A true gothic chiller in every sense of the word. From the beginning, the viewer is made aware that there's something very disturbing about "The Orphanage" and its sense of dread and doom prevail through the duration. Laura returns to the orphanage where she once lived with the hopes of establishing a home for children with special needs. In tow are her adorable son and her loving, if, at times, skeptical husband. Life couldn't seem sweeter as they settle into the foreboding structure they now call home. Shortly upon their arrival, the boy (Simon) prone to fits of fancy announces to his mother that he has met a boy that lives inside a seaside cave, which they stumbled upon shortly after their arrival. This friend, Tomas, whom no one but Simon can see, starts revealing things to him; things that he would have otherwise never known, including among them, that he was adopted and that he is ill and will soon die. After several other unsettling incidents, Simon announces that he now has five additional imaginary friends. One afternoon, while Laura is preparing to host a gathering for prospective residents, Simon enrages her and she strikes and scolds him before heading out to attend to the arriving guests. During the party she has an unsettling feeling when she sees a child with a sack mask seemingly staring at her. A child that we later realize no one but she can see and one that bears a striking similarity to one her son drew earlier in a portrait of his new friends. She runs back inside the house to seek out her son but is unable to find him, ending up in the bathroom. As she stands in the doorway she notices the child with the sack mask standing at the end of the hall and who slowly starts moving in her direction. After a brief altercation in which she is knocked inside the bathtub, the masked child closes and locks the door. Simon, we are later informed, is nowhere to be found and the parents are understandably crestfallen. What follows is a series of disturbing events that slowly illuminate all that has transpired, all while the landscape darkens and the sensation of tragedy and doom are heightened and the viewer is left to hold his breath. This is first rate story telling and the director's talents are in full evidence from the word go. This is textbook example of content over bombast. There a no special effects to speak of and gore non-existent. The characters are finely etched and the performances, uniformly excellent. From the imposing architecture of the house, to the rain swept, rocky coastline, solitary lighthouse and shadowy interiors, The Orphanage is a treat for the true lover of gothic horror and suspense. The conclusion is positively heartbreaking, yet equally beautiful and no one that sees it will soon forget it. Exquisite filmmaking, proving, once and for all, that restrain and subtlety pay dividends and when characters and not characterizations propel a story. If you loved The Devil's Backbone, The Others, The Sixth Sense or my personal favorite ghost story, The Changeling, you will more than love this wonderful atmospheric experience.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2008I decided to buy this based on the good reviews and the fact that Guillermo del Toro--one of my very fave directors, and the director of my fave ghost story--The Devil's Backbone--produced this.
Well, no disappointment here. Not in any part. The acting, the direction, the scenery, the set design, the script, the music, the ending--it all worked together, all paid off.
This starts off slowly, gently. But from the first images of children playing a game in the yard fronting a large, mansion-style orphanage--the shadows, the direction, the way the action of an innocent game is set up--perfectly sets the tone of the film. It's nostalgic, but it's also slightly creepy. It foreshadows a lot. Pay attention.
Zoom years later. One of those children who'd been playing in the yard, the girl Laura, is now grown with a son. We find out the main characters--mother Laura, father, son Simon--have purchased the former orphanage and plan to set up a residence to care for special needs children. Simon, himself, is a special needs child: He has HIV.
Soon, the game of "invisible friends" takes on an ominous reality. And every scene builds tension, builds, builds, until we really are at the edge of our seat as this mother is thrown into the greatest nightmare of parents.
The film then asks the question--of the lead and of the viewer--how far will a mother, this mother, go to find her missing son?
While the conclusion felt inevitable and was pretty obvious quite early on (the clues are all there, and the script does not cheat), it's the HOW of getting to it that makes this all work. Almost all is fairly foreshadowed, but the small actions and words that lead us along to those conclusions can be easily missed if we focus on something that seems more emotional.
I cannot describe how beautiful the finale--the climactic moment-- is. Tragedy, sorrow, redemption and beauty all coalesce. It is a miraculous cooperation of acting/direction/storytelling/setting/lighting and music that brings us to this moment of bittersweet magic.
The denouement is lovely, too, leaving us with a feeling of what we lose as human beings, mortal beings, and what we can gain if there is more than mere matter.
Tragedy redeemed--that's what I thought as I went to bed after seeing this.
Yes, this is a ghost story that disturbs mightily, and the scares are surely present, but it is not a gore-show. It is a more human and artistic ghost story, and is in fact MORE than a ghost story. It's a story of family and friendship, and of a mother who will not give up, because the deepest love outlives the grave, even defeats the grave.
You really need to see this film. Magnificent. (And pay very close attention to EVERYTHING, for all the strings come together in the end.)
Mir
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ManuelaReviewed in Italy on May 30, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Dvd
Non vedevo l'ora di averlo nella mia collezione
Sono innamorata di questo film
Emozionante e coinvolgente
Finale da lacrima ed inaspettato
Lo amo 💖
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Reviewed in Italy on May 30, 2023
Sono innamorata di questo film
Emozionante e coinvolgente
Finale da lacrima ed inaspettato
Lo amo 💖
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Daniel Rodriguez AltamiranoReviewed in Mexico on November 16, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars No encontraba la película en ninguna parte y la encontré en Amazon!!!
No la encontraba en ninguna parte y sin embargo la pude conseguir en Amazon. Original, nueva y recién desempacada! Una ganga para los cinefilos!!! Gracias Amazon!
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MaríaReviewed in Spain on February 18, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars El Orfanato en bluray Italia con ASIN B0041KW242
Película en Español confirmado y subtitulos
Tambien en ambos idiomas, también se pueden sacar. Se ve de lujo y en España una pena no se encuentra en bluray y hay que buscar ediciones de fuera...
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J.A.Hallbauer ;Doc HallidayReviewed in Germany on July 8, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Wiedergutmachung an verlorenen Waisenkinderseelen ?
Schon wiederholt haben Filmemacher aus Spanien/Lateinamerika gezeigt, wie man wirklich gute Horrorfilme macht. Juan Antonio Bayona hat mit seiner ersten Regiearbeit gleich einen Volltreffer gelandet.
Laura (Belén Rueda) und ihr Mann Carlos (Fernando Cayo) kaufen ein altes Waisenhaus, abgelegen am Meer mit weißem Sandstrand sowie einer Felsenklippe gelegen, die bei Ebbe den Eingang in eine langgestreckte Höhle freigibt: Sie und zuletzt 6 weitere Kinder haben bis vor 30 Jahren in dem phantastisch ausgestatteten Haus gelebt..Sie und ihr Adoptivsohn, der HIV-positive Oscar, entdecken die finstere Höhle , er erkundet sie und erzählt ihr dann, dort 6 Kinder getroffen zu haben, mit denen er Schnitzeljagd spiele, dementsprechend wird eine Spur aus Muschelschalen auf dem Weg zurück zum Haus gelegt.
Schon am nächsten Tag, und das ist nicht zuviel gespoilert, liegen die Muscheln vor der Tür des Hauses, und es häufen sich ab jetzt unerklärliche Ereignisse. Am Tag eines Besuches von Eltern mit ihren behinderten Kindern, die dort unterkommen sollen, schubst ein maskiertes Kind Laura in ihr Bad, klemmt ihr Finger ein und schließt sie ein, was Laura einen Fingernagekl kostet, die einzige blutige Szene im gesamten Film, der die Spannung subtil durch unerklärliche Phänomene, Geräusche und an verschiedensten Orten aufgefundene, offensichtlich neu deponierte Spuren, die auf die Vergangenheit des Hauses hinweisen, bezieht.. Oscar ist seit dem Tag verschwunden, die Suche der Polizei bleibt vergebens, mehr als ein halbes Jahr. Mehr auf Lauras Drängen wird ein Medium (toll Geraldine Chaplin in einer kleinen Gastrolle) eingeschaltet, das Simon nicht findet, aber es gibt Hinweise wie Stimmen auf die Anwesenheit von Kindern, versteckt in dem weitläufigen Gebäude mit noch unentdeckten Räumen, Türen und Kellern.
Mehr nicht zur Handlung des Filmes.
Das Werk von Juan Antonio Bayeona besticht durch Aufnahmen in toller Landschaft am Meer, einem großen, verwinkelten Gebäude, das wie prädestiniert erscheint für unheimliche Begegnungen, und mit Belén Rueda wurde eine tolle Hauptdarstellerin gefunden. Sie war beim Dreh bereits 42 , nicht 37 wie die Filmfigur, aber trotzdem oder gerade darum ist sie eine sehr attraktive Frau und tolle Darstellerin für die ergreifende Rolle einer Frau, die "Himmel und Hölle" in Bewegung setzt, um den geliebten Adoptivsohn wiederzufinden.
Nach zahlreichen unerklärlichen Phänomenen will ihr Mann das Unglückshaus verlassen, sie ringt ihm, der schon vorfährt, noch 2 witere Tage alleine in dem ehemaligen Waisenhaus ab, in der sie die Suche intensiviert, mit eingelagerten Möbeln das ehemalige Gemeinschaftsschlafzimmer der Kinder herrichtet, und ....... was wird aus ihrem Sohn und den Waisenkindern, bleibt er verschwunden und die Kinder auf ewig zum Geistern in dem alten Gemäuer verdammt?
Ich schätze mehr realistisches Grauen. So gefällt mir von S. King's Büchern am besten "Das Mädchen", wo ein Kind sich beim Spaziergang mit den Eltern und dem Bruder verläuft und eine Woche durch die Wildnis irrt, dramatische Situationen überstehen muß und sogar schwer erkrankt. Ähnlich gut auch "Todesmarsch" unter dem Pseudoným Richard Bachmann. Ein in dieser Hinsicht phantastischer Film ist auch "Vinyan", in dem Emanuelle Béart mit Ehemann auf der Suche nach dem entführten Sohn durch den Urwald Myanmars irrt und echtes Grauen erlebt.
Ausnahmen sind Filme mit übersinnlichen Phänomenem, Geistern, Vampiren oder Reisen in die Vergangenheit u.ä. nur dann, wenn sie in sich glaubhaft und derart phantastisch gedreht und schauspielerisch überzeugend besetzt sind wie "Das Waisenhaus" oder "Orphan" Grusel, daß ich nach einem Film unter meinem Bett nach Horrorgestalten suche, mir vor Erschrecken ein Kissen vor das Gesicht halte oder Herzklopfen bekomme, ist wahrscheinlich noch nicht gedreht worden, aber bei "Waisenhaus" habe ich mit der verzweifelten Mutter mitgefiebert und auf ein gutesEnde, welcher Art auch immer, gehofft. Neben "May" einer der wenigen Horrorstreifen, der auch mich fesseln konnte und der sich lohnt, noch öfter im DVD/BR-Player zu landen.
Doc Halliday
Doc Halliday
- Brendan Ray CyrusReviewed in the United Kingdom on June 4, 2008
5.0 out of 5 stars Creeping, undefined dread
Hitchcock used an example to explain the difference between surprise and suspense. If people are seated at a table and a bomb explodes, that is surprise. If they are seated at a table, and you know there's a bomb under the table attached to a ticking clock, but they continue to play cards -- that's suspense. There's a bomb under "The Orphanage" for excruciating stretches of time.
I was expecting the slow-moving "Orphanage" to descend into routine shock and horror movie, or even into the pits with the slasher pictures. But it doesn't. Most of the movie is all waiting, anticipating and dreading. The jolts that come about midway are of a similar magnitude to movies such as Sixth Sense and Blair Witch Project.
The story (no spoilers here) of `The Orphanage' focuses on Laura, who as a young girl was raised in the orphanage before being taken away one day and adopted. Now in her 30s, she has returned with her husband and their young son Simon (who has imaginary friends). They have plans to turn the Orphanage into a home for sick/ disabled children. But before they can embark on this venture, Simon vanishes.
Laura is the main character in this movie; we are inside her tormented mind. Her husband only appears in a few scenes and all the other characters in the move are minor parts compared to Laura. Laura spends months trying to find her son and she seeks help from a psychic, the Police, and her son's imaginary friends.
All the while Laura embarks on a quest to retrieve him that will push her to the limit of sanity.
The film is slow moving, but it manages to expertly linger to create atmosphere, a sense of place, a sympathy with the characters, instead of rushing into cheap thrills.
The Orphanage stands as one of the most beautiful and moving horror movies in recent memory.
As it gears up for a truly unexpected, emotionally draining finale - destined to please or frustrate depending on how nihilistic you like your horror - this elegant ghost story ignores genre conventions to deliver a touching tale of motherhood, love and what may or may not lie on the other side. The last time a movie affected me as much as this was five years ago when I was blown away by `The Vanishing' (the original Dutch movie, not the USA remake).