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The Orphanage
2007
· Movie
· 105 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1317
- IMDb #1249
- Google retired #1623
- Rotten Tomatoes #925
- Metacritic #1044
- Letterboxd #1656
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1335
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1006
- Metacritic Critics #1111
- Metacritic Audience #1064
- Criticker #965
- Douban #1229
- Kinopoisk #2321
- AlloCiné #1756
- Trakt #1534
Every rating
58–88
out of 100
A woman moves her family into the orphanage where she was raised, intending to reopen it for disabled children. Her son begins communicating with invisible friends, whom he claims live in the house. When her son vanishes, she must confront the building's haunted past and unravel its mysteries to find him.
Details
- Director
- J. A. Bayona
- Writer
- Sergio G. Sánchez
- Studio
- Rodar y Rodar, Telecinco Cinema
- Released
- 20 May 2007
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.4M
- Box office
- $78.6M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →7 major awards won · 9 wins from 22 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| 22nd Goya Awards 2008 | Best Original Screenplay | Sergio G. Sánchez | Winner |
| 22nd Goya Awards 2008 | Best New Director | J. A. Bayona | Winner |
| 22nd Goya Awards 2008 | Best Art Direction | Josep Rosell | Winner |
| 22nd Goya Awards 2008 | Best Production Supervision | Sandra Hermida | Winner |
| 22nd Goya Awards 2008 | Best Sound | Xavi Mas, Marc Orts, Oriol Tarragó | Winner |
| 22nd Goya Awards 2008 | Best Special Effects | David Martí, Montse Ribé, Pau Costa, Enric Masip, Lluís Castells, Jordi San Agustín | Winner |
| 22nd Goya Awards 2008 | Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Lola López, Itziar Arrieta | Winner |
| 22nd Goya Awards 2008 | Best Film | Nominee |
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22nd Goya Awards
14 nominations, 7 won
| Best Art Direction | Josep Rosell | Winner |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Lola López, Itziar Arrieta | Winner |
| Best New Director | J. A. Bayona | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Sergio G. Sánchez | Winner |
| Best Production Supervision | Sandra Hermida | Winner |
| Best Sound | Xavi Mas, Marc Orts, Oriol Tarragó | Winner |
| Best Special Effects | David Martí, Montse Ribé, Pau Costa, Enric Masip, Lluís Castells, Jordi San Agustín | Winner |
| Best Actress | Belén Rueda | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | María Reyes | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Elena Ruiz | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best New Actor | Roger Príncep | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Fernando Velázquez | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Geraldine Chaplin | Nominee |
17th Actors and Actresses Union Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | Geraldine Chaplin | Winner |
| Best Film Actress in a Leading Role | Belén Rueda | Nominee |
13th Forqué Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Winner |
21st European Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best European Actress | Belén Rueda | Nominee |
| Best European Cinematographer | Óscar Faura | Nominee |
| Best European Composer | Fernando Velázquez | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Nominee |
57th Silver Condor Awards
1 nomination
| Best Ibero-American Film | Nominee |