The Orphanage Page #2

Synopsis: Laura, a former orphan, raises her adopted son Simón together with her husband Carlos in an old house and former orphanage where she was raised. While at the orphanage Simón tells Laura that he has five invisible friends which she believes are a product of his active imagination. Laura decides to reopen the orphanage to cater for disabled children and throws a party. During the party Simón tries to persuade Laura to go and take a look at his friends cabin but she's too busy. Later on she sees a mysterious masked boy and realizes that Simón has also disappeared. Laura feels the presence of other people in the house and months later Laura invites a team of parapsychologists to try to unravel the mystery.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): J.A. Bayona
Production: Picturehouse
  32 wins & 41 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
2007
105 min
$6,905,218
Website
1,734 Views


What's this?

The sewing box!

Simon, wait!

Come on, hurry up!

This rings a bell.

The key in the kitchen!

Those are Daddy's...

I can make a wish!

Leave that alone!

Those are our things,

you shouldn't touch them.

I didn't. It was them!

-Don't lie to me.

-I'm not lying.

You're lying!

You say you're my mother,

and you're not!

-What?

-You're not my mother.

-Who told you that?

-My friend told me.

-What friend?

-Tomas.

Tomas said I'm just like them,

I have no mother or father.

And I'm going to die.

You're not my mother,

you're a liar!

We wanted you to be a bit older

to talk about certain things.

If you want to ask us anything...

Is Father Christmas a lie too?

Simon...

You heard Mummy

and that lady,

saw the envelope

and invented the game

because you were afraid

to ask about it.

What if I don't take them?

Nothing would happen.

If I don't take them,

how soon would I die?

It would take many days,

even weeks.

Don't worry, we'll take care of you.

You won't get sick or die.

OK?

You don't love me!

It's a lie!

Come down, son!

Hurry, the first kids are here!

Come on!

We can't go yet.

I want to show you something.

-What is it?

-Tomas' little house.

Not now, darling.

You can show me tomorrow.

No!

-Not now, Simon.

-Now!

Go downstairs right now!

I don't want to!

Come and see Tomas' house.

If you don't want

to go downstairs, don't.

No one is forcing you.

WELCOME:

Darling!

Simon, son.

What's going on?

Darling!

Darling!

He's over there, Carlos!

There's no one, Laura!

Come on.

There's no one!

We can't stay here!

He's there, Carlos!

Carlos is here.

He spoke to the police,

and they want to talk to you.

How are you?

He's not in the caves.

But I saw someone, Carlos.

You must have imagined it,

in all the confusion.

Believe me, he wasn't there.

I'm Pilar.

I know it's hard, but you must know

we're doing all we can

to locate your son.

Pilar is a psychologist.

She works with the police.

They're working hard to find Simon.

I have a few questions.

Your husband told me

about the adoption,

and your son's illness.

As he was adopted,

There are possibilities

we must consider.

What possibilities?

That he has been kidnapped

by a relative.

I heard you recently found

a woman intruder

in the grounds.

Benigna Escobedo, a social worker,

came a few days ago.

We can find no social worker

with that name.

Could you describe her?

She was about seventy,

with white hair,

pale eyes, very thick glasses.

We will find her.

You can be sure of that.

How can they trust me

with their kids after this?

Let's do something.

Wear my grandmother's

Saint Anthony medal.

To bring us good luck.

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Sergio G. Sánchez

Sergio Gutiérrez Sánchez is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Sánchez has written and directed his own screenplays for short films such as Temporada baja (2003) and 7337 (2000). Sánchez's first film script was for The Orphanage in 1996. Sánchez originally wanted to direct the script but he was repeatedly turned down by various Spanish production companies. While Sánchez was working on the short film 7337, he met with director Juan Antonio Bayona and offered him the script to direct. The Orphanage was a large hit and Sánchez was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2008 Goya Awards in Spain.In May 2009, Variety reported that Sánchez would re-team up with The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona, on a production by Madrid-based Apaches Entertainment, Telecinco Cinema, and Spongeman, Bayona's own Barcelona-based label. Sánchez completed a first-draft screenplay in late April. The film, called The Impossible, was filmed in 2010. more…

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