The Orphanage
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Director: J.A. Bayona
2007 / 105min / 35mm
Produced by Guillermo del Toro, Bayona’s standout first feature centers on a couple, Laura and Carlos (Belén Rueda and Fernando Cayo), who purchase the seaside orphanage where Laura was raised with the intention of turning it into a home for disabled children, only to discover, with the aid of their clairvoyant seven-year-old son and professional medium Geraldine Chaplin, that the property is home to a number of unquiet spirits. A love story, a compelling melodrama, and a white-knuckle genre piece boasting one of the greatest séance scenes in cinema history. “A skillful and destabilizing debut… Ripen[s] into a detailed study of childhood anxiety and the extremes of maternal love.” —The New Yorker
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