The Orphanage
A tale of love. A story of horror.
Country
Production
Budget
$3 400 000
Box office
$78 638 987
Director
Actors
Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla, Andrés Gertrúdix, Edgar Vivar, Óscar Casas, Geraldine Chaplin, Carmen López
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Álvaro Augustin, Mar Targarona, Joaquín Padró, Guillermo del Toro
Camera operator
Óscar Faura
Composer
Fernando Velázquez
Artist
Josep Rosell
Audition
Geli Albaladejo
Editing
Elena Ruiz
Whole Team (32)
Whole Team (32)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- When Laura ran to the cave along the ocean, hoping to find Simon, she fell into the water and injured her right leg. However, in the next scene in the hospital, Laura's left leg is bandaged.
- Director Juan Antonio Bayona often hid, in order to jump out from cover at the most unexpected moment and scare the actors.
- When the writer tells the blind orphan that she has beautiful eyes, she replies that she chose them herself. While she could still see, her parents offered to let her choose her glass eyes.
- The orphanage was filmed in the Spanish town of Llanes. Many of director Juan Antonio Bayona's ideas were impossible to realize on location, so some parts of the building had to be recreated on set. Over 80% of the film was shot in the studio.
- Juan Antonio Bayona's directorial debut.
- The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it concluded with a 10-minute standing ovation.
- Guillermo del Toro played the doctor who treats Laura. His name is not credited in the film.
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